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LOT 0456
Egyptian Jasper Fish Amulet
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.
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