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Fish Pendant

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Description

Amulet, fish. Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 12–early Dynasty 13, ca. 1878–1749 B.C. Turquoise, gold. L. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.); H. 1 cm (3/8 in.); Th. 0.4 cm (3/16 in.). From: cemetery west of the tomb of Senwosret (758), Pit 847, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1908–09. Subject: Fish. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1909.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows a small fish-shaped pendant: a turquoise, teardrop-like body set within a gold-toned metal frame and suspension loop.

A single, fish-form pendant is centered against a light background. The pendant has a dark (blackened) rounded suspension loop at the top. Beneath it, a greenish turquoise inlay forms the main fish body, roughly oval/teardrop shaped with visible veining. The gold-toned metal outlines the inlay and forms small fins/tail elements: two fin-like projections extend on the sides and a pointed tail projects downward. The overall silhouette clearly reads as a fish, matching the catalogued subject. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the pendant in this image. No royal cartouches are visible. Deities are not depicted in a recognizable way beyond the fish motif.

decorative Middle Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Materials turquoise (green/blue stone inlay)gold-toned metal framedark metal/blackened material for suspension loop

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Gold-Toned Metal Frame

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280777 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.180.1182 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546742 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.