Votive statuette

Description

Copper alloy votive statuette of the Oxyrhynchus-fish with inlaid glass eyes and headdress of Hathor, supported on sled: Lower Egypt, Oxyrhyncus, Ancient Egyptian, Greco-Roman Period, c.332 BC - 395 AD

Museum reference

A.1965.387

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Votive statuette

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Style / Culture

Greco-Roman Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Bronze, Copper alloy, Glass

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

On display

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