Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital, Archaic, ca. 580–575 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, H. with akroterion 28 3/8 in. (72 cm), Stone Sculpture, Inscribed on the plinth, I am the monument of [...]linos. This sphinx and capital once crowned the tall grave shaft of a youth or man named Philinos or Thalinos. They belong to the earliest type of grave stele produced in Attica during the sixth century B.
Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital, Archaic, ca. 580–575 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, H. with akroterion 28 3/8 in. (72 cm), Stone Sculpture, Inscribed on the plinth, I am the monument of [...]linos. This sphinx and capital once crowned the tall grave shaft of a youth or man named Philinos or Thalinos. They belong to the earliest type of grave stele produced in Attica during the sixth century B