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Fragment of the sphinx paw from black granite

Fragment of the sphinx paw from black granite

Catalogue entry

Fragment of the sphinx paw from black granite
Museum of the Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split
Split, church in Sustipan, 1958-1962
Egypt, unknown site, brought to Split c. 298-304 A.D.
New Kingdom (1539-1069 B.C.) - Late Period (664-332 B.C.)
Roman Empire, reign of Emperor Diocletian (284-305 A.D.)
black granite
25 x 16 x 18 cm

Resources

  • Marasović, Tomislav; Vrsalović, Dasen. „Srednjevjekovna opatija na Sustipanu u Splitu - Arheološka istraživanja“. Vjesnik za arheologiju i historiju dalmatinsku LXV-LXVII (1963-1965): 185, 193-194.
  • Tadinac, Ivana. „Sfinge iz Dioklecijanove palače u Splitu“. Kulturna baština 37 (2011): 371-400. 381, 386.
  • Tomorad, Mladen. „Aegyptiaca and various forms of Egyptomania in Croatia“. U: Guilhou, Nadine (ur.). Liber Amicorum – Speculum Siderum: Nut Astrophoros – Paper presented to Alicia Maravelia. Oxford, 2016: 349-364. 349-350.
  • Tomorad, Mladen. Staroegipatska civilizacija, sv. II: Uvod u egiptološke studije. Zagreb, 2017. 85.