Amulet
Object Number: | 54-33-6 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Provenience: | Egypt |
Period: | Ptolemaic Period Thirty-Third Dynasty |
Date Made: | 305 - 30 BCE |
Early Date: | -306 |
Late Date: | -29 |
Section: | Egyptian |
Materials: | Bronze |
Iconography: | Fish |
Height: | 7.2 cm |
Width: | 12 cm |
Depth: | 2.7 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from Leonard Epstein, 1954 |
Description
Oxyrhynchus fish. Engraved necklace and gills and details of the fins; eyes were inlaid; complete with crown, uraeus, sun disk in cow horns; eye for hanging, base.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
What In the World TV Program (01 Jan 1958 - 31 Dec 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science (27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Book] Fishman, Bernard, and O'Connor, David B., and Silverman, David P., and Fleming, Stuart J. 1980. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 12 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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