Crocodile head

Museum number:

6-20961

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Alternate number:

758

Accession number:

Acc.54/56/63/107

Object count:

1

Description:

Head of terracotta crocodile. Back is chipped.

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:

Terracotta (clay material)

Object type:

archaeology

Department:

Ancient Egypt

Loans:

S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975) and S2008-2009 #10: Center for Tebtunis Papyri (UC Berkeley) (March 31, 2009–April 1, 2009)

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