In the Third Intermediate Period appeared curious female sphinxes in faience, facing forward or sideways with Nubian four-stranded hairstyle1
Faded green and black glaze H 2.2, W 1.3, D 0.6
Third Intermediate
Period1 Private collection DA
Green/blue and black glaze
H 3.9, W 1.3, D 2.8
Third Intermediate Period1
© 2003 Musée du Louvre/
Christian Décamps #AF 6362
References
1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, pp. 78-79 and Figs. 78a,d