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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0456

Egyptian Jasper Fish Amulet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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