Fishy Matters
Fish were 'fishy' in the ancient world. While fish and fish-products provided a necessary relish to the heavily grain-based ancient diet, they were also perceived as having dangerous habits - a willingness to eat people for example...

KM 1084
Red-figure fish plate
Late 4th century BC
Campania, Italy

KM 88674 Bread Stamp with fish Coptic or late Antique (ca. 500 AD) Askren, Egypt

KM 88675 Bread Stamp with fish Coptic or late Antique (ca. 500 AD) Askren, Egypt

KM 81.4.30 Bronze Fish Late Saite Period, ca. 600 BC Egypt

KM 65.3.135 Head of Fish, glass inlay fragment 1st BC-1st AD Egypt

KM 2725 Dolphins painted on wall plaster 2nd-early 3rd AD Probably from the Bay of Naples, Italy

KM 2849 Pottery fragment with fish 2nd-early 3rd AD Probably from the Bay of Naples, Italy

KM 87129 Bronze Head of Fish Ancient? Gaza, Israel

KM 69.2.76 Pottery fragment with painted fish Coptic or early Islamic 5th-9th AD Egypt

KM 71.1.20
Water Filter
10th-12th century AD
Egypt