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Barbed fishhook Roman PeriodOxyrhynchus (Bahnasa)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 97.4.142. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 97.4.142
Find spot: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Roman Period
Date: 30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Date range: 30 BCE – 364 CE
Materials: ['copper alloy']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Barbed fishhook (97.4.142). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/59384

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Fish hook. Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Copper alloy. L. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). From: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1896–97. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897.

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