1920.44.284: Votive or Amulet in the form of a Crocodile
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1920.44.284
- Title
- Votive or Amulet in the form of a Crocodile
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 8th-1st century BCE
- Period
- Late Period to Ptolemaic
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292659
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Stone
- Dimensions
- 2 x 6 x 7 cm (13/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.
Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- 1920.44.284
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Dark stone possibly steatite of a recumbent crocodile. Crossmarks to indicate animal skin.
Verification Level
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