APC Image: H 0029Head of a sphinx; traces of burning; broken off at back, at top of head, just before edge of hair, below throat; most of nose and all of mouth missing; eyes large with pupils in black parat; probably of Corithian manufacture. Found in second temple area.
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Object Description:   Head of a sphinx; traces of burning; broken off at back, at top of head, just before edge of hair, below throat; most of nose and all of mouth missing; eyes large with pupils in black parat; probably of Corithian manufacture. Found in second temple area.
Negative Number:   H 0029
Museum:   Thebes Archaeological Museum
Category:   Terracottas
Subcategory:   Head
Site:   Halae
Region:   Locris
Country:   Greece
Format:   Glass-plate
Dimensions:   18 X 12.5
Bibliography:   Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 448, no. 12, fig. 109.
Notes:   Dimensions: L. 0.128; W. 0.095. Late Archaic.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   H
Image Width:   1570
Image Height:   2147