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Esfinge de Hatshepsut

New Kingdom
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 131
Esta majestuosa esfinge fue creada durante el reinado conjunto de Hatshepsut y su hijastro Tutmosis III. Después de la muerte de la reina-faraón en 1458 a. C., Tutmosis III ordenó destruir la esfinge y enterrarla en una cantera junto con las otras estatuas de Hatshepsut procedentes del templo de Deir el-Bahari. En década de 1920, arqueólogos del Metropolitan Museum recuperaron los fragmentos y reconstruyeron las estatuas. Cuatro de las seis esfinges de granito halladas en la cantera son de diversos tamaños y seguramente fueron colocadas en distintos puntos de las terrazas del templo. Al parecer, esta esfinge, que pesa 6.759 kg, era parte de una pareja que flanqueaba una entrada. Los restos de la otra están en El Cairo.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Esfinge de Hatshepsut
  • Periodo: Imperio Nuevo, Dinastía XVIII, reinado conjunto de Hatshepsut y Tutmosis III
  • Fecha: ca. 1473–1458 a. C.
  • Geografía: Tebas, Deir el-Bahri, cantera de Senenmut
  • Material: Granito, pintura
  • Dimensiones: a. 164 cm, l. 3,43 m
  • Crédito: Fondo Rogers, 1931
  • Número de inventario: 31.3.166
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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