Crocodile statue
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
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 stone crocodile-shaped sculpture shown in profile, lying on a rectangular base with its head raised slightly to the right.
The object appears to be a carved crocodile figure in a rough, weathered stone. The body is low and elongated, with the head and upper jaw forming a distinct rounded mass on the right. The tail extends to the left but the rear details are worn. Carved surface marks and incised/raised linear patterns are visible along the body and/or base, possibly indicating scales or decorative bands; however, specific hieroglyphic signs are not clearly readable. The underside/base is rectangular, suggesting it was meant to lie horizontally as a statue. No readable Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible, and no clearly legible hieroglyphic inscription or cartouche can be identified from the image. The sculpture looks consistent with the museum catalogue’s identification as a crocodile statue, though the visible stone coloration does not allow confirming the exact material (granite) beyond the general appearance of a hard igneous 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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