The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345 (British Museum EA41748)

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A small sandstone sphinx (15.4 by 23 cm) from the Hathor temple at Serabit el-Khadim, inscribed in Egyptian hieroglyphs "beloved of Hathor, mistress of turquoise" on one shoulder and in Proto-Sinaitic on the other and on the base. The Proto-Sinaitic line contains b'lt and is the nearest thing to a bilingual the script has.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders, 1800. Public domain

Copies 2

Photo (petrie 1906, fig. 141)Petrie, W. M. Flinders · archive.org · 1905 · Public domainPrimary source: Researches in Sinai1 step from the original

Where it's published

British museum collection record and photographsTrustees of the British Museum · britishmuseum.org · Trustees of the British Museum; reuse under the museum's terms of use (licence not stated on the record page)Primary source: Sphinx statuette with Egyptian and Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, EA41748 (Sinai 345)1 step from the original

Where it's published

Where it is kept

British Museum, London · Museum

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345 (British Museum EA41748) [Artifact ART0DEDT52F96KY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDT52F96KY

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  year      = {2026},
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