Statue of a crocodile


Accession Number
W101b
Current Location
House of Death (ground floor), Animals case
Object Type
Sculpture, Statue
Periods
Late Period to Graeco-Roman Period
Material
Stone/minerals
Provenance
Egypt
Number of Elements
1
Animal
Crocodile
Measurements
Height: 17mm | Length: 67mm | width: 25mm

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Description

A black stone crocodile statue. This statue may have been an amulet or an item given as a votive offering to Sobek. It probably dates to the Late or Graeco-Roman period.

Bibliography

Anonymous. 1996. The face of Egypt: Swansea Festival exhibition: 5 October 1996–5 January 1997. Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. [Cat. 90] A comparable black stone crocodile of the Late Period-Ptolemaic is published in Daphna Ben-Tor 1997 'The Immortals of Ancient Egypt' p61.