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.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
8/21/1998	Examination	survey

Provenance Khawam Brothers, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931