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Tell-el-Yahudieh ware found on Cyprus was imported from Egypt. The ware receives its name from the site in the Nile Delta where it was first recorded. Fish-shaped vases are rarely found on Cyprus.
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Title: Terracotta vase in the form of a fish
Period: Late Bronze Age
Date: ca. 1600 BCE
Culture: Egyptian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
length 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.831
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