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LOT 0456
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EGYPTIAN JASPER FISH AMULET
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 in. (0.80 grams, 14 mm).
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 in. (0.80 grams, 14 mm).
Pierced longitudinally with hatched detailing to the flanks.
PROVENANCE:
From an early 20th century collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. XLIII, no.257b, for a similar open-mouthed fish amulet.
FOOTNOTES:
Fish amulets were worn by young women and children, often at the end of a plait of hair, to guard against the risk of drowning.
