Egyptian faience plaque with Persian Sphinx

An image of Plaque, with winged Persian sphinx, pierced for suspension. Find Spot/Production Place: Egypt. Faience, length 6.2 cm, width 6.6 cm, circa 525-404 B.C. Twenty-seventh Dynasty.

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Plaque, with winged Persian sphinx, pierced for suspension. Find Spot/Production Place: Egypt. Faience, length 6.2 cm, width 6.6 cm, circa 525-404 B.C. Twenty-seventh Dynasty.

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Accession Number: E.90.1932
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 909 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 931.66kB

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5th Century 6th Century Ancient Egypt antiquity BC Egyptian faience Fitz_ANT Persian Sphinx plaque sphinx winged wings

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