Carved brown limestone plaque with Sobek, the crocodile God, depicted as a human male with the head of a crocodile. The worship of Sobek, the son of Neith, arose from the fear of crocodiles; the Egyptians appeased Sobek in order to appease crocodiles. He holds a staff and ankh. Hole for hanging. Ptolemaic.
305 - 30 BC
4" x 2"
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