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Crocodile modelled in the shape of the arc of a circle, its legs reduced to stumps and the eyes represented by two blobs. The scales are indicated by an incised criss-cross pattern. The manufacture and decoration appear unsophisticated but required a higher level of ability than is immediately apparent.

Present location

INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE

Inventory number

L 0533

Dating

MIDDLE KINGDOM

Archaeological Site

MIRGISSA

Category

ANIMAL/HYBRID FIGURINE

Material

POTTERY

Technique

FORMED BY HAND; ENGRAVED

Width

3.5 cm

Depth

2 cm

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