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Green stone Horus on the Crocodiles dating the the Ptolemaic period. Horus stands naked on a pair of Crocodiles and is holding four snakes, two scorpions, a lion and a gazelle (how dangerous was a gazelle). Bes is above Horus and is protecting the house and its children. The household would pour water over the piece and drink the water as a form of protection.

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