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Reproduction of an ivory plaque with a sphinx
Emile Gilliéron · 1200-01-01T00:00:00Z
Excavated 1877 in a tholos tomb at Spata near Athens.Sir Arthur Evans referred to images of sphinxes like this one with a plumed crown as sacred animals and saw them as parallels for his reconstruction of the Priest-King relief, who wears a similar elaborate plumed crown adorned with lilies.The original is in the Athens National Archaeological Museum.
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