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The Sphinx of Agost is a Greek-influenced Iberian limestone sculpture,[1] dated from the late sixth century BCE, that was found in the Agost reservoir in Alicante, Spain, in 1893.

The badly damaged statue is 82 cm high and represents a sphinx with the head of a woman, body of a winged lion and tail of a snake. This particular sphinx may have been included in an Iberian tomb to carry the soul of the deceased to the afterlife.

The Sphinx of Agost is on display at the National Archaeological Museum (Madrid).

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References

• Agost's town council

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- [en] Sphinx of Agost

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[es] Esfinge de Agost

La esfinge de Agost presenta la postura propia del arte escultórico ático arcaico, donde las esfinges al igual que los leones suelen tener la cabeza mirando al frente, el cuerpo de perfil y la cabeza ya plenamente humana predominando sobre el aspecto felino del cuerpo. Esto, junto al hecho de estar estrechamente relacionada con otra esfinge hallada en el Pireo y conservada en el Museo Nacional de Atenas, permite datarla entre 570 y 545 a. C. y clasificarla según G.M.A. Righter.

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