# The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345 (British Museum EA41748)

> 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…

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# The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345 (British Museum EA41748)

ObjectPublic domainC. 1800 BC (British Museum); XVIII Dynasty (Petrie 1906)

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://archive.org/details/researchesinsina00petruoft).

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 Sinai](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHGPCAVPJ/researches-in-sinai)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/researchesinsina00petruoft)

**British museum collection record and photographs** Trustees 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)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK75H9A7E/sphinx-statuette-with-egyptian-and-proto-sinaitic)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA41748)

## Where it is kept

[British Museum, London](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/places/PLC0DEDPXWP39SN/british-museum-london) · Museum

## Sources 3

- [Researches in Sinai](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHGPCAVPJ/researches-in-sinai)_SRC_
- [Sphinx statuette with Egyptian and Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, EA41748 (Sinai 345)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK75H9A7E/sphinx-statuette-with-egyptian-and-proto-sinaitic)_SRC_
- [The Egyptian Origin of the Semitic Alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHH33XVG5/the-egyptian-origin-of-the-semitic-alphabet)_SRC_

## Cite it

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

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c. 1800 BC (British Museum); XVIII Dynasty (Petrie 1906)

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Public domain

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