AN EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC FLINT IN THE FORM OF A CROCODILE Predynastic Period, Naqada II - III, Circa 3700 - 3100 B.C. The grey brown flint worked on one side to create a stylised crocodile with characteristic long snout and tail and four short legs, 6.6cm long, Provenance: Collection of Geoffrey Metz, Uppsala, Sweden, Footnotes: Animal shaped flints from the Predynastic era are extremely rare. Unlikely to have been intended for use as a tool, this object would certainly have had an apotropaic function. Feared for their ferocity, crocodiles could be kept at bay magically through the possession of such a representation of the destructive creature.