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Source Description
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 fine amulet is made of gold with stone inlays, including a red stone for the right eye and a green stone for the left. Amulets in the form of the Synodontis Batensoda were particularly popular during the Middle Kingdom, when the fish might have been identified with an astronomical constellation.
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Document identity
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3522
label
Nile Catfish Pendant
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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3522
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Nile Catfish Pendant
description
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 fine amulet is made of gold with stone inlays, including a red stone for the right eye and a green stone for the left. Amulets in the form of the Synodontis Batensoda were particularly popular during the Middle Kingdom, when the fish might have been identified with an astronomical constellation.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1985-1773 BCE (Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
amulets
pendants (jewelry)
amulet-pendants
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8
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8
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.8
height
4
depth
1
dimensionsRaw
H: 11/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 3/8 in. (1.75 x 3.97 x 1 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
dynasty
12th Dynasty
med
gold with Egyptian green glazed faience, chalcedony, turquoise, carnelian, lapis lazuli and black stone inlay
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6182
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EGY
JWL
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2513
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