Inlay of a Head of a Crocodile
4th-late 1st century BCE (Late Period to Ptolemaic)
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
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Dark cobalt blue glass inlay crocodile head. The head is in profile and faces toward the left. The head and features are only cursorily modeled and not particularly realistic. The six visible teeth are inlaid with opaque white glass and fit exactly into the hollowed sockets...
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5595
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normalized
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Khawam Brothers, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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2
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