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Description : An Egyptian green glazed composition amulet of a crocodile Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.The crocodile set on an integral base, with incised scale details, pierced at the neck, 7cm long Provenance:Ernst Kofler (1899-1989) and Marthe Truniger (1918-99) collection, Lucerne, acquired in the 1950s-60s.Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 12 December 2002, lot 194. Private collection.Crocodile amulets symbolised rebirth but most notably were worn to protect against attack from these dangerous reptiles. For an example of a protective apotropaic crocodile plaque amulet of Saite date see C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, 1994, p.93, fig. 93g.
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