Scaraboid amulet with the representation of a fish (and possibly a crocodile?) on the obverse and on the reverse a hieroglyphic inscription. Part of a votive deposit John Garstang excavated beneath the floor of a palace that was built over an older temple. These religious objects probably date to the Napatan Period (about 700 BC - 300 BC).


Exhibited at Musée du Louvre (Paris) 2010 exhibiton 'Méroé: Un empire sur le Nil' , the first exhibition devoted exclusively to Meroe, a kingdom of the ancient Sudan known for its legendary capital and the pyramids of its famous necropolis.

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Scaraboid amulet with the representation of a fish (and possibly a crocodile?) on the obverse and on the reverse a hieroglyphic inscription. Part of a votive deposit John Garstang excavated beneath the floor of a palace that was built over an older temple. These religious objects probably date to the Napatan Period (about 700 BC - 300 BC). Exhibited at Musée du Louvre (Paris) 2010 exhibiton 'Méroé: Un empire sur le Nil' , the first exhibition devoted exclusively to Meroe, a kingdom of the ancient Sudan known for its legendary capital and the pyramids of its famous necropolis.

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