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Bi-color Crocodile amulet

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Small, but beautiful detailed crocodile amulet.

Bright blue glazed faience.

Price: SOLD

Size: 2,4 cm

Period; Late Period, c. 300 B.C.

Condition: Very Fine

Material: Faience

Provenance: UK collection

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  • Crocodiles were dangerous animals, but Sobek, probably the divinity depicted in this amulet, was a benevolent water deity.

    The Nile issuing from his sweat made the valley productive, and as a fertility god he was linked to the myth surrounding rebirth in the afterlife.