Editorialmake-up palette in the form of a tilapia fish, slate, beaten, retouched (stone working), smoothed, drilled, graywacke, Total: Height: 26.5 cm; Width: 39 cm; Depth: 2.5 cm; Depth: 2 cm (plate), ritual objects and accessories, grave goods, fish (animals)...
EditorialMake-up palette in the shape of a tilapia fish, slate, beaten, retouched (stone work), smoothed, incised, graywacke, Total: Height: 3.2 cm; Width: 4.8 cm; Depth: 0.8 cm, ritual objects and accessories, grave goods, fish (animals), It is not certain whe...
EditorialFish Pendant, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12?13, ca. 1981?1650 B.C., From Egypt, Gold, L. 2.9 cm, This fish pendant depicts a tilapia and might have been worn as a hair ornament. Tilapias were a symbol for fertility and regeneration since they carry their ...
EditorialCosmetic Spoon in the Shape of a Tilapia with Water Lilies, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550?1295 B.C., From Egypt; Said to be from Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), l. 18 cm (7 1/16 in); w. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in).
EditorialA garden pool; fragment of a wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun,18th dynasty,around 1350 BCE. A pool full of ducks,lotus flowers and tilapia fish. Around the pool are papyrus, palms,sycomorefig,mandrakes and other bushes. In one corner is a tree in...