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COLEM:PC.990

Colchester Collections

sculpture, sphinx, funerary monument

Roman sculpture found just west of the Balkerne Gate in Colchester. It would have formed part of an elaborate tomb. The Sphinx was a symbol of death to the Greeks and Romans

1950 - 0100

Roman

width: 302.00 mm
height: 610.00 mm
length: 645.00 mm