| Crocodile | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Shendjw | ||||||||||||||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Tarkhan_crocodile.gif) black ink inscription from Tarkhan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | Naqada III | |||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Iry-Hor? | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Burial | TT 1549, Tarkhan (?) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Predynastic Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
Crocodile (also read as Shendjw;[1] fl. c. 3170 BC) is the provisional name of a predynastic ruler, who might have ruled during the late Naqada III epoch. The few alleged ink inscriptions showing his name are drawn very sloppily, and the reading and thus whole existence of king "Crocodile" are highly disputed. His tomb is unknown.
- ^ Günter Dreyer (1992). "Horus Krokodil, ein Gegenkönig der Dynastie 0". In Renee Friedman; Barbara Adams (eds.). The Followers of Horus, Studies dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman, 1949–1990. Egyptian Studies Association Publication. Vol. 2. Bloomington, IN: Oxbow Publications. pp. 259–263. ISBN 0946897441.