Horus on the Crocodiles is a motif found onancient Egyptian healing amulets from theThird Intermediate Period until the end of thePtolemaic dynasty, as well as on largercippi andstelae. Both the portable amulets and the larger statues are sometimes referred to simply asHorus stelae.^[1]

The Horus amulet or stele usually takes the form of a stone slab depicting thegodHorus in the form of a child (Harpocrates) standing on twocrocodiles and holding other dangerous animals such assnakes andscorpions. In older specimens, the head of the protective godBes is depicted above the child's figure, protruding from the body of thecippus, which later became part of the frame. The stelae containEgyptian hieroglyphs with mythological and magical texts recited in the treatment of diseases and for protection against stings or bites.^[2] This portrayal is thought to follow the myth of Horus triumphing over dangerous animals in the marshes of Khemmis (Akhmim).^[3][4]

Well-known specimens in this genre include the so-calledMetternich stela,^[1] theBanobal stele, theEgyptian Museum's Djedhor healing statue, and theLouvre's Priest of Bastet statue.^[4][5]

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  Priest of Bastet (Louvre)^[6]
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  Metternich stela (MET Museum)
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  Banobal stele (Egyptian Museum in Cairo)
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  Djedhor healing statue (Egyptian Museum in Cairo)

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• Kákosy, László; Moussa, Ahmed M. (1998). "A Horus Stela with Meret Goddesses".Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur.25:143–159.JSTOR 25152758.
• Berlev/Hodjash 1982. O. Berlev/S Hodjash. Egyptian Stelae in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Moscow
• Berlandini 2002. J. Berlandini. Un monument magique du "Quatrieme prophete d'Amon" Nakhtefmout. in Y. Koenig. La Magie en Egypte: a la recherche d'une definition. Paris. 83-148
• Grzegorz, First (2013)."TheHorus cippus from the National Museum in Poznań".Folia Orientalia.50:323–334.

• Master of Animals – a motif in ancient art similar to that of Horus on the Crocodiles.

• Horus
• Culture of ancient Egypt
• Ancient Egyptian society
• Ancient Egyptian symbols
• Egyptian amulets
• Magic symbols

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