# British Museum 2024: Sphinx statuette with Egyptian and Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, EA41748 (Sinai 345)

> British Museum, 2024. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Collection record: sandstone sphinx, 15.4 x 23 x 10 cm, from the Hathor temple at…

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# Sphinx statuette with Egyptian and Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, EA41748 (Sinai 345)

British Museum, 2024.

**Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet** WebpageCopy of **[The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345 (British Museum EA41748)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT52F96KY/the-serabit-sphinx-sinai-345-british-museum-ea41748)** 0

## What it's used for here

Collection record: sandstone sphinx, 15.4 x 23 x 10 cm, from the Hathor temple at Serabit el-Khadim, acquired 1905; hieroglyphic text "beloved of Hathor, mistress of turquoise" on the right shoulder, Proto-Sinaitic on the left shoulder and base; now dated c. 1800 BC.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345 (British Museum EA41748)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT52F96KY/the-serabit-sphinx-sinai-345-british-museum-ea41748)

ART

[The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345: British Museum collection record and photographs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/copies/CPY0DEDTKRCKQF3/the-serabit-sphinx-sinai-345-british-museum-collection)

CPY

[The recurring sign group reads b'lt, "Lady", by acrophonic values, and sits on a sphinx whose Egyptian text is a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEE968TSG59/the-recurring-sign-group-reads-blt-lady-by-acrophonic-values)

Evidence

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[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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British Museum (2024). Sphinx statuette with Egyptian and Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, EA41748 (Sinai 345). https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA41748
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[Find it at britishmuseum.org](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA41748)

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