Sphinx at Alexandria
The Serapeum of Alexandria was the principal sanctuary of the city. There are two sphinxes, thought not a matching pair.
Both are sculptured in the same style. This is the east Sphinx and it wears a banded nemes and its tail curls around the right haunch.
Both Sphinxes represents two different kings.
Ptolemaic Period, found from the south side of the Serapeum. Alexandria.
354
Sphinx at Alexandria
The Serapeum of Alexandria was the principal sanctuary of the city. There are two sphinxes, thought not a matching pair.
Both are sculptured in the same style. This is the east Sphinx and it wears a banded nemes and its tail curls around the right haunch.
Both Sphinxes represents two different kings.
Ptolemaic Period, found from the south side of the Serapeum. Alexandria.
354