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Source Description

This pendant has the same pattern of circular dots with eyes that many box ornaments and spindle whorls found in Egypt have. Part of the tail is chipped.

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Document identity
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31569
label
Fish
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obj
dtoType
object
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1
Source metadata
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31569
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object
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normalized
title
Fish
description
This pendant has the same pattern of circular dots with eyes that many box ornaments and spindle whorls found in Egypt have. Part of the tail is chipped.
provenance
Gimbel Brothers, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by purchase.
date
4th-7th century
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
pendants (jewelry)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Source extras
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Late Antique
style
Coptic
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bone
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6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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99dd802304145b4a