Schilbe fish, sacred to Hatmehyt, on standard, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, h. 5.7 cm (2 1/4) × l. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.), The schlibe fish was illustrated atop the standard of the nome of Mendes in the eastern Delta since earliest times. It was very closely associated with the local goddess Hatmehyt, whose name in fact means 'Foremost of the Fishes' and who wore the schilbe atop her crown and hanging down her back
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Schilbe fish, sacred, Hatmehyt, standard, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Cupreous metal, h, 5.7 cm, 2 1/4, l, schlibe, fish, illustrated atop, nome, Mendes, eastern Delta, earliest times, closely associated, local goddess, name, fact means, Foremost, Fishes, wore, schilbe, crown, hanging down, back
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