A sphinx from Kerma in the Karnak Cachette

JE 37845, a statue of a sphinx found in the Karnak Cachette, has evaded secure identification since its discovery. Study of its material allows it definitively to be assigned to the Kerma Culture.

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Hardwick, Tom (Author) ; Lacovara, Peter (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2022
In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo
Year: 2020, Volume: 76/77, Pages: 129-139
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Amuntempel (Karnak) / Kerma (physics) (Nubia) / Quartz / Sphinx / Statue
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B sphinx
B glazed quartz
B Second Intermediate Period
B Karnak Cachette
B Kerma (physics)
Description
Summary:JE 37845, a statue of a sphinx found in the Karnak Cachette, has evaded secure identification since its discovery. Study of its material allows it definitively to be assigned to the Kerma Culture.
Physical Description:Illustrationen
ISSN:0342-1279
Contains:Enthalten in: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo