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Crocodile amulet

EGYPT
Crocodile amulet
 Late Period, Dynasty XXVI 664 BCE-525 BCE

Medium
faience

Measurements
1.6 × 1.3 × 5.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Accession Number
D141-1994

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Small amulet of a crocodile with its tail curled around slightly at the end. Roughly modelled with rough scaling pattern on the body and snout. Intact and perforated sideways through the jaws.

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