Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Crocodile statue
Description
Granite
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Sculpture of a crocodile made from stone.
The image shows a detailed stone sculpture of a crocodile, likely representing the deity Sobek. The crocodile is depicted resting on a base, with intricate detailing on its skin to depict scales. The style suggests a realistic representation, capturing the natural form and texture of a crocodile.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Sobek
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251810 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1992.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544100 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.