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Egyptian

Medium/Technique Stone
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .012 Length: .009 W.
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1349
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ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionStone; bright green; color worn; hole lengthwise; fish in relief with incised details on convex back; lower face flat with incised hieroglyphics.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.