Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Crocodile statue Roman Period

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Description

Statue, Crocodile. Roman Period, Late 1st century B.C. – early 1st century A.D. Granite. L. 108 × W. 37.1 × H. 29 cm, 124.7 kg (42 1/2 × 14 5/8 × 11 7/16 in., 275 lb.). From: Egypt. Subject: Crocodiles. Credit: Purchase, The Bernard and Audrey Aronson Charitable Trust Gift, in memory of her beloved husband, Bernard Aronson, 1992.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

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Materials StoneGranite

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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