Sphinx
Sphinx

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Two female sphinxes set in a tympanum above nine doric columns either side of an oval wreath enclosing a profile of Hygeia (the Greek goddess of health) with an Aesculpian serpent drinking from a kylix (wine-drinking cup).
Title

Sphinx

Date

1790

Medium

Bath stone

Measurements

H 250 x W 700 x D 50 cm

Accession number

BA1_WAC_S015

Work type

Relief

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Listing date

12/06/50

Access

at all times

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Located at

Stall Street, Bath

BA1 1QL

Sited above a columned arch at the entrance from Stall Street into the Abbey Churchyard.