Crocodile figure

Museum number:
6-20960
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060020960
Alternate number:
757
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Small green glaze crocodile. Ptolemaic.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cemetery 5, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Verbatim coll. place:
Tebtunis (Umm el Baragat)
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Collection date:
1899-1900
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location)
Person depicted:
Sobek (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
height 2 centimeters, length 6.5 centimeters, and width 2 centimeters
Loans:
S2002-2003 #15: Center for Tebtunis Papyri (UC Berkeley) (April 16, 2003–April 17, 2003), S2003-2004 #6: Center for Tebtunis Papyri (UC Berkeley) (March 16, 2004–March 17, 2004), and S2008-2009 #10: Center for Tebtunis Papyri (UC Berkeley) (March 31, 2009–April 1, 2009)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Crocodile figure, accession number 6-20960, described as Small green glaze crocodile. Ptolemaic.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Crocodile figure, accession number 6-20960, described as Small green glaze crocodile. Ptolemaic.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Crocodile figure, accession number 6-20960, described as Small green glaze crocodile. Ptolemaic.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Crocodile figure, accession number 6-20960, described as Small green glaze crocodile. Ptolemaic.

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