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Statue of a Crocodile with the Head of a Falcon

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 22.347. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 22.347
Dynasty: 30th-early Ptolemaic Dynasty
Date: ca. 380-250 BCE (Late Period (30th dynasty)-early Ptolemaic Period)
Date range: 380 BCE – 250 BCE
Materials: ['steatite']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Statue of a Crocodile with the Head of a Falcon (22.347). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220812

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Description

<p>This may represent the god Horus the Elder, who is occasionally shown with a falcon head and a crocodile body, or a combination of the crocodile-god Sobek with the sun-god Re. A crowning element once completed the work.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.347' rel='external'>Statue of a Crocodile with the Head of a Falcon</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small Egyptian-style sculpture depicts a crocodile-bodied figure with a falcon-like head and humanlike forelegs, lying on a base.

The object appears as a recumbent crocodile form whose head is shaped like a falcon’s (beak and facial markings), with the snout extending forward. The body is covered in incised/scaled patterning to suggest crocodile hide. At the front, the figure has two raised, blocky forelegs with incised toes/paws, positioned as if braced on the base. The sculpture rests on a flat rectangular base, with the ground surface visible beneath the body. Surface coloration shows mottled dark and light areas consistent with weathering or remnants of pigment/paint, including darker streaks/spots on the lower body and base. No clear hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the photographed surfaces. The image does not provide enough detail to confirm specific deity identifications beyond the general crocodile/falcon hybrid motif.

religious ancient Egyptian, period unclear (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic based on style; not certain) good

Deities unknown

Materials stone (color/texture consistent with steatite per catalogue; exact confirmation unclear from photo)

Connections

Deities Horus Ra Sobek

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 22.347 tier-2
Walters-id 37893 tier-2

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