#oxyrynchus fish

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Egyptian Bronze Oxyrynchus Fish - Late Period, circa 664-332 BC

The Oxyrynchus is species of fish of the Nile River which was important in Egyptian mythology as the fish that ate the penis of Osiris, though it is not known today exactly which species of fish this was. The fish is shown wearing a crown of uraei with a horned solar disc.

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