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.