Schilbe fish, sacred to Hatmehyt, on standard 664-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period 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 (89.2.517). Hatmehyt was the only Egyptian god(dess) associated so closely with a fish, and this certainly has to do with the importance of the swampy damp environment of the area.. Schilbe fish, sacred to Hatmehyt, on standard. 664-30 B.C.. Cupreous metal. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt

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Schilbe fish, sacred to Hatmehyt, on standard 664-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period 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 (89.2.517). Hatmehyt was the only Egyptian god(dess) associated so closely with a fish, and this certainly has to do with the importance of the swampy damp environment of the area.. Schilbe fish, sacred to Hatmehyt, on standard. 664-30 B.C.. Cupreous metal. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt

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