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Oxyrhynchus Fish

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Accession: 54.2125
Date: mid 7th-late 1st century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['bronze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Oxyrhynchus Fish (54.2125). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220827

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<p>The Oxyrhynchus fish, or medjed, is an elephantfish that was a focus of worship around the Egyptian city of Per-Medjed (Greek Oxyrhynchus) in Upper Egypt. The sacred fish is depicted wearing a horned sun disc.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2125' rel='external'>Oxyrhynchus Fish</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Walters-AccNum 54.2125 tier-2
Walters-id 28599 tier-2

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