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Mummified Fish Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 22.4.6. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 22.4.6
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['animal remains', 'linen', 'papyrus']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Mummified Fish (22.4.6). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/215814

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Mummy, fish. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Animal remains, linen, papyrus. L. 28 × W. 9 × H. 4.2 cm (11 × 3 9/16 × 1 5/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Fish, Mummies. Credit: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1922.

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