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The mummy of a crocodile with elaborate bandaging in linen of two different colours, the features of the crocodile have been painted onto the head. The crocodile was sacred to the god Sobek whose cult centres were at Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt and the Faiyum region, where Shedyt, later known as Crocodilopolis, was located. Crocodile mummies can still be seen at the Graeco-Roman temple of Kom Ombo.
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Mummie van een krokodil met uitgebreid windselwerk in twee kleuren linnen. De trekken van de krokodil zijn op de kop geschilderd. De krokodil was het heilige dier van de god Sobek, wiens cultusplaatsen zich bevonden te Kom Ombo in Opper-Egypte en het gebied in de Fajoem waar Shedyt, later Krokodilopolis geheten, was gelegen. In de Grieks-Romeinse tempel van Kom Ombo kan men nog altijd krokodilmummies bezichtigen.
Momie d'un crocodile. L'animal est emmailloté de bandelettes de lin de deux couleurs différentes. Les traits caractéristiques du crocodile ont été peints sur la tête de la momie. Le dieu Sobek était vénéré sous la forme d'un crocodile à Kôm Ombo, en Haute Égypte, et dans le Fayoum, où se situait la ville de Shedyt connue plus tard sous le nom de Crocodilopolis. Le temple gréco-romain de Kôm Ombo abritait encore des crocodiles momifiés.
Die Mumie eines Krokodils mit komplizierter Bandagierung in zwei verschiedenen Farben und aufgemalten Gesichtszügen. Das Krokodil war dem Gott Sobek heilig, dessen Kultzentren in Kom Ombo in Oberägypten und im Faijum lagen, wo Schedit, das später Krokodilopolis genannt wurde, lag. Im griechisch-römischen Tempel von Kom Ombo sind noch heute Krokodilmumien zu sehen.
Mummia di coccodrillo con un elaborato sistema di bendaggio in lino, di due colori. I lineamenti del volto del coccodrillo sono dipinti. Il coccodrillo era sacro al dio Sobek i cui centri di culto erano a Kom Ombo nell'alto Egitto e nella regione del Faiyum, dove si trovava Shedyt, conosciuta in seguito come Crocodilopolis. Mummie di coccodrillo si trovano anche nel tempio greco-romano di Kom Ombo.
Múmia de crocodilo com elaboradas faixas de linho em duas cores e traços fisionómicos pintados sobre a cabeça. O crocodilo era sagrado para o deus Sobek, cujos centros de culto se situavam em Kom Ombo, no Alto Egipto, e na regiao do Faium, onde Shedyt, mais tarde conhecido por Crocodilopolis, se situava. Múmias de crocodilo podiam ainda ser encontradas no templo Greco-Romano de Kom Ombo.
Momia de cocodrilo con un elaborado vendaje de lino de dos colores; en la cabeza se pintaron los rasgos del cocodrilo. Este animal era sagrado para el dios Sobek, cuyos centros de culto se encontraban en Kom Ombo, en el Alto Egipto, y en la región del Fayum, donde se encontraba Shedyt, conocida más tarde como Cocodrilópolis. Momias de cocodrilo todavía pueden verse en el templo grecocorromano de Kom Ombo.
The mummy of a crocodile with elaborate bandaging in linen of two different colours, the features of the crocodile have been painted onto the head. The crocodile was sacred to the god Sobek whose cult centres were at Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt and the Faiyum region, where Shedyt, later known as Crocodilopolis, was located. Crocodile mummies can still be seen at the Graeco-Roman temple of Kom Ombo.
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From the private collection of Joseph Mayer, given to the museum in 1867. See for more information object M13519, Object's History.
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Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley, "Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in the Liverpool Museum", 1995, 70; pl. 106.
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Material: Two different colours.
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