Sebek

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Ombos: column with a carving of Sebek

Sebek, wearing horns, solar disk with uraeus, and plumes, bronze figurine, c. 600–300 bce; in the British Museum.

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Ombos: column with a carving of Sebek

Ombos: column with a carving of Sebek

Column with a carving of the crocodile god Sebek at Ombos, Egypt.

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Sebek, wearing horns, solar disk with uraeus, and plumes, bronze figurine, c. 600–300 bce; in the British Museum.

Sebek, wearing horns, solar disk with uraeus, and plumes, bronze figurine, c....

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