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Head of a Crocodile

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Accession: 47.117
Dynasty: 30th-Ptolemaic Dynasty
Date: ca. 380-250 BCE (Late Period (30th dynasty)-early Ptolemaic Period)
Date range: 380 BCE – 250 BCE
Materials: ['dark blue glass']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Head of a Crocodile (47.117). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220859

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<p>The crocodile is closely related to the god Sobek, who was worshipped in different places in Egypt, particularly in Kom Ombo and Sumenu, in the Faiyum. In Ptolemaic times Sobek was connected to the sun-god Re, and therefore also to the Greek solar god Helios. This inlay displays a very carefully worked crocodile head, which presents a lot of details such as teeth, protruding eyes, and curved supraorbital niches.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.117' rel='external'>Head of a Crocodile</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Sobek

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 47.117 tier-2
Walters-id 17729 tier-2

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