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[Corinth Object] SF 1972 3l: SPHINX: LEFT UPPER LEG ?

Leg, probably left, from below joint with body to knee. Leg wide at top break, thinning, then widening at joint. Bone structure rendered by flattened ridge on either side offset by shallow valleys ... 1972 ... SF 1972 3l

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[Corinth Object] SF 1972 3m: TERRACOTTA SPHINX: RIGHT FORELEG

Sphinx leg, from well above knee joint to below. Leg modelled with ridge down back offset on either side by concave channel, swelling slightly at knee joint. At joint at back large vestigia 1 toe, with ... 1972/08/08;1972/08/09 ... SF

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[Corinth Object] SF 1972 3n: TERRACOTTA SPHINX: HIND PAW

Sphinx, probably hind paw, resting flatly on plinth (missing). 4 toes well-modelled, with 2 central ones projecting higher and longer. Nails made by pinching clay, free of ball for central toes. Leg ... 1972/08/09 ... SF 1972 3n

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[Corinth Object] SF 1972 14a: SPHINX: RIGHT WING TIP

Tip of right wing of large-scale sphinx; feathers stepped one above other, making scalloped outline. Uppermost feather curls inward. Wing warped or else tip intentionally bent outward. Outer edge irregularly ... ? 5th century B.C. ? ... SF-1972-014C (lapsed) ... SF-1972-014B

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[Corinth Object] SF 1972 14b: SPHINX: RIGHT WING

Outer edge of right wing, preserving 2 feathers, start of 3rd. Edge of wing scalloped, feathers in relief, outer edge flat, also back. Core coarse, fine clay on front face only. Both feathers same: ... 1974/07/16 1974/07/16 ... SF 1972 14A SF 1972 14C

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[Corinth Object] SF 1972 14c: SPHINX: RIGHT WING

From outer edge of rt. wing where one feather curls in against 2nd, with edge of 2nd feather. Surface irregular as if scraped by a tool with uneven edge. Fragment. Single frgt., broken three sides ... 1972/08/10 ... SF 1972 14c

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[Corinth Object] SF 1974 1a: TERRACOTTA SPHINX: LEG

Tapering leg of sphinx, with 3 sharp ridges separated by concavities running down one side of leg, one rounded ridge and narrow one by it down opposite side. Leg nearly solid with central hole D00.006 ... Sixth c. BC ... as SF 1931 002B,C.