Antiquity · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 242406
Limestone funerary stele with antithetical sphinxes
Unknown maker, ca. 475–450 BCE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- ca. 475–450 BCE
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13 1/2 × 22 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (34.3 × 56.5 × 14.6 cm)
- Era
- Antiquity
Why it matters
Limestone funerary stele with antithetical sphinxes, dated ca. 475–450 BCE, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Limestone. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are Overall: 13 1/2 × 22 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (34.3 × 56.5 × 14.6 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.