The crocodile was particularly feared because not only did it kill, it ate the body of its victim without which there could be no afterlife.
The reasoning was that if the crocodile was deified, and sacred crocodiles were tended while alive and embalmed when dead, Sobek would do no harm to those who revered him.
The ptolemaic “Book of the Faiyum” celebrates the region and its patron deity Sobek in great detail. It is one of the last mythological compositions that was written in hieroglyphic characters.
Sobek was also a water deity and he was associated with fertility.
Height: 12.50 cm, Length: 10.07 cm, Width: 5.14 cm
