id:			95005
accession number:	1915.556
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.556
updated:		2025-02-08 22:15:09.822000

Tutu as Sphinx, 150 BCE–30 CE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Gray steatite; overall: 9.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.556

title:				Tutu as Sphinx
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creation date:			150 BCE–30 CE
creation date earliest:		-150
creation date latest:		-30
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
technique:	gray steatite
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 9.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Brooklyn 1960-61, no. 137', 'opening_date': '1960-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Egyptian Art Under the Greeks and Romans: 332 B.C. to A.D. 330</em>, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia (September 26-November 15, 1987).', 'opening_date': '1987-09-26T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	University of Missouri--Columbia. <em>Egyptian Art Under the Greeks and Romans, 332 B.C. to A.D. 330</em>: Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, September 26-November 15, 1987. Columbia, Mo: Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1987.
	page number: 	No. 100
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	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 467; Mentioned: p. 467-8
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