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Dream Stele of Thutmose IV — Sphinx Detail (Lepsius 1849 - 1856)

Detail of the Sphinx resting on a structure in Karl Richard Lepsius' illustration of the Dream Stele of Thutmose IV from Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien: Neues Reich. Dynastie XVIII. Pyramiden von Giseh [Jîzah] (1849-1856)

Detail of the Great Sphinx resting on a structure in Karl Richard Lepsius’ illustration of the Dream Stele of Thutmose IV (1849–1856).

This close-up detail from Karl Richard Lepsius’ nineteenth-century illustration of the Dream Stele of Thutmose IV shows the Great Sphinx depicted resting upon a structure with a doorway beneath the monument.

Source:Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien: Neues Reich. Dynastie XVIII. Pyramiden von Giseh [Jîzah]. (1849 - 1856) Stele vor dem grossen Sphinx.

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