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Glyptothek, Munich, Germany
Artist/Maker Unknown
Head of a sphinx from the roof of the temple of Aphaia. Crowning of the north-east edge of the roof, ca. 500 BC.
Credit line Figures of the pediments of the Temple of Aphaia were found in 1811, and acquired in 1813 by Ludwig I of Bavaria for the Glyptothek.
Location Room 9 (Saal der Ostgiebelgruppe des tempels von Ägina)
Photographer/source User:Bibi Saint-Pol, 2007-02-08
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