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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
localId
17729
label
Head of a Crocodile
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
17729
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Crocodile
description
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.
provenance
Khawam Brothers, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 380-250 BCE (Late Period (30th dynasty)-early Ptolemaic Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Glasswares
fragments
inlays
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.4
height
3.9
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 15/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 5/16 in. (2.4 x 3.9 x 0.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
30th-Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
dark blue glass
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
3193
3240
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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ceac9f223c999f19
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
38abb22c471960c0
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no