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Head of a Statue of the God Sobek Shedeti
Middle Kingdom
Not on view
This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
Early in Egyptian civilization, deities were depicted as humans, animals, or composite creatures in two-dimensional art. Beginning in the late Twelfth Dynasty, deity sculptures with human bodies and animal heads become increasingly common. This sculpture of the crocodile god Sobek originates from Hawara, site of the second pyramid complex of the pharaoh Amenemhat III, which included numerous statues depicting deities of the Egyptian pantheon. Sobek was particularly venerated in the Fayum, a marshy area west of the Nile Valley that was a natural home of crocodiles.
#323. Head of a Statue of the God Sobek Shedeti
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