EGYPTIAN BASE OF A STONE STELE OF HORUS ON CROCODILES. Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC. A base of a stele carved from greenish stone with a high relief depiction of the feet of the child Horus standing atop two crocodiles positioned head-to-tail, their bodies rendered with grid-incised patterning. The front, back, and underside are inscribed with vertical and horizontal registers of hieroglyphic text comprising formulaic and magical signs. For similar see: Egypt. A. Gasse, Steles of Horus on Crocodiles, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 2004. Size: 130mm x 60mm; Weight: 480g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Eric Strobel 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.