Mummified crocodile. Crocodiles no longer exist wild in Egypt north of the High Dam. Late Dynastic-Graeco Roman 747 BC - AD 395.

Mummified crocodile, provenance unrecorded. Coffin boards were originally with this object but their whereabouts are now unknown. Late Dynastic-Graeco Roman. Presented to the Wellcome Museum by Petrie in 1929. Crocodiles were once common in ancient Egypt but since the damming of the Nile they are scarce. They were sacred to the god Sobek and bred, killed and mummified in the Fayuum and Kom Ombo. Their mummies can be seen the Graeco Roman temple at Kom Ombo.

Collection

Egypt Centre, University of Swansea

Inventory Number

3543679

Title

Mummified crocodile. Crocodiles no longer exist wild in Egypt north of the High Dam. Late Dynastic-Graeco Roman 747 BC - AD 395.

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