MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Head of a Crocodile - Walters 47117.jpg 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 ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Head of a Crocodile - Walters 47117.jpg 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 380-30 BC Late Period-Greco-Roman dark blue glass cm 2 43 3 23 0 08 accession number 47 117 17729 Khawam Brothers Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1931 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Reptiles in Ancient Egypt
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