Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Ivory, L. 6.9 × W. 1.6 × H. 3 cm (2 11/16 × 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.), It has been suggested that this unusual piece is a gnomon, the element that casts a shadow in an instrument for measuring time by shadows. Ivory seems an unusual choice, but part of a shadow instrument preserved from Tanis is also of ivory
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Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent, pedestal, ramp, feline, gnomon, shadow clock, instrument, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Ivory, L, 6.9, W, 1.6, H, 3 cm, 2 11/16, 5/8, 1 3/16, suggested, unusual piece, element, casts, shadow, measuring time, shadows, Ivory seems, choice, part, instrument preserved, Tanis, ivory
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