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Art in the Early Dynastic Period

Ceramic plate (c. 3900 BCE)

Ceramic plate (c. 3900 BCE)

This is a plate from the Early Dynastic Period of Ancient Egypt. It depicts a man on a boat alongside a hippopotamus and crocodile. In this context, the hippopotamus probably symbolizes chaos and destruction in the form of the god Seth (Set), while the crocodile could symbolize the god Sobek, who occasionally served as a protective deity.

This is a plate from the Early Dynastic period of Ancient Egypt, circa 3900 BCE. It depicts a man on a boat alongside a hippopotamus and crocodile. In this context, the hippopotamus probably symbolizes chaos and destruction in the form of the god Seth, while the crocodile could symbolize the god Sobek, who occasionally served as a protective deity.

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