Nile Catfish Pendant

ca. 1985-1773 BCE (Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty)

4 cm 1.8 cm 1 cm

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This fish pendant represents a Synodontis Batensoda, more commonly known as the Nile catfish, a species of fish named for its black belly. Often worn at the end of a plait of hair, amulets like this one were used by children and young women to protect against drowning. This fi...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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