Ostracon with sketch of a crocodile
Object type: Ostracon, figured, crocodile
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 BC
Medium: Limestone, ink
Dimensions: H. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in); l. 21 cm (8 1/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb of Nespakashuty (TT 312, MMA 509a)
Locus: courtyard rubbish
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession year: 1923
Tags: Crocodiles