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Limestone relief of crocodile eating fish.
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Item Details
Public
Available to everyone
Culture
Egyptian, ancient
Title
Limestone relief of crocodile eating fish.
Date
ca. 2055-1985 BCE
Location
Findspot: Temple of Mentuhotep, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Egypt
Associated Location: Africa, Egypt, Sūhāj, Dayr al Baḩrī
Material
Stone, limestone
Paint
Period
Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty
Measurements
76 x 30.5 x 10 cm
Description
Researcher's Comments:This relief fragment from the mortuary temple of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari depicts a crocodile resting at the bottom of the Nile. The crocodile is shown in raised relief, clenching a fish in its jaws. In front of the crocodile, the tail of a large swimming fish can be seen. In the background, the water is indicated by vertical zigzag lines. Traces of blue pigment remain on some of the water lines. There are also traces of red pigment along the bottom edge of the fragment.
(Ashley Fiutko Arico, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2016)
Repository
Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; http://archaeologicalmuseum.jhu.edu
Accession Number
9211
Source
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Former Owner
Egypt Exploration Fund
Selected Bibliography
Naville, Edouard. The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el-Bahari. Part I, London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1907 , p. 69, pl. XVI.
1995. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt, edited by Thomas, Nancy, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, no. 52.
Williams, Ellen Reeder. The Archaeological Collection of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, pp. 6, 14-15.
October 16, 1906. From Thebes' Ancient Graves: Valuable Antiquities Presented to Hopkins University. The Sun, Baltimore: 14.
On View Status
On view at the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum
Rights
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