History and Conservation of Sphinxes in Diocletian's Palace in Split (Croatia)

Abstract

In the beginning of the 20th century thirteen Egyptians sculptures have been found In Diocletian's Palace (Split, Croatia) but none of them was intact. In the paper will be discussed the origin and the meaning of the Sphinx, their discovery during the conservation works in 1930-ties and 1960-ties. A special part is going to be given to the conservation work of the Sphinx at the peristyle in the last few years conducted by the Croatian Conservation Institute in Split (Croatia).