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Historical Archive: Fish and Dolphins Gudea with overflowing vase, dolerite, c.2120 BCE, Louvre AO 2212. This work has its own page. woman spinning from Susa, bitumen, 8th-mid 6th c. BCE, Louvre Sb 2834 Roman fish pierced for suspension, rock crystal, BM Walters 3972 Roman ivory disk game piece with eel and hippocamp, reverse numbered XV and Iε, CdM Froehner 238 fish miniature mosaic, Roman north Africa (frame modern), MFAB Roman dolphin pendant, bone, MStA 1978.474. For other views see MStA. man in boat and fish from Antioch of Pisidia, ceramic, Roman (poss. Christian), KM 0000.09.3898 dolphin in front: prase triton intaglio, 2nd half of 1st c. BCE, HNM K.16.1871.7, which has its own page dolphin: Rape of Europa? mosaic, c.50 BCE-200 CE, ANAM, which has its own page Roman rock crystal fish from a grave near Arezzo, 1st c. CE, Arezzo. For additional views and the accompanying assemblage see the burial's own page. sea life, stone mosaic w. terracotta frame/box, 1st c., fr. a domus north of Aquileia, ANAM. For full work see ANAM. Roman? dolphin bottom, fish? right: Large Bernward cross, c.1150, HildMus DS L109, which has its own page Pisces, bottom: unfinished Zodiac, marble, 2nd c. Roman, SMB AS SK1050. For oblique view see Berlin. Pisces on right: Mithras fr. City of London temple, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., MoL A16933 portrait seal with fish, chalcedony intaglio, 3rd c., BN Chab. 1334 Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page paten, fish inlay poss. 4th/5th c., metalwork mid to second half 9th c., serpentine plate 1st c. BCE/CE, Louvre MR 415. This work has its own page. rock crystal fish, 4th-5th c., Louvre OA 9297 Projecta Casket, silver and gold, c.380, BM 1866,1229.1, which has its own page with more dolphins dolphins/vase capital, marble, Reims, early 5th c., Reims MSR 978.28697 glass cup, formerly inlaid, early 5th c., Vat 60526 ampulla in the form of a fish, ceramic, late 5th c. Luxor, Pushkin fish fibula, gold and garnet, 6th c., V&A M.120-1939 miraculous fishing on Lake Tiberias (John 21), ceramic ampulla, 6th c., ANAM presbytery arch mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. prob. salmon: Easterton Pictish slab, animals side, sandstone 7th-8th c., NMS X.IB 226, which has its own page Gundohinus Gospels, 754-55, Autun CGM 3, this opening of which has its own page Enger reliquary, late 8th c., KGM. This object has its own page. vial in fish form, rock crystal, 9th-10th c. Egypt, Hermitage СА-9993 person fishing: Stephansbursa, gold repoussé reliefs, early 9th c., Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Schatzkammer. This object has its own page. Pisces: Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page multiplication of loaves and fishes, ivory fr Magdeburg Antependium, Milan c.968, Louvre OA 6301 creation of the birds and fish (top): Genesis/Crucifixion ivory, c.1050-75, SMBByz 589, which has its own page with reverse left: Last Judgment, tempera, Nicholas and Johannes 1061-71, Vat 40526, which has its own page creation of the birds and fish, ivory, south Italy c.1084, MAAB creation of the birds and fish, ivory, south Italy c.1084, MAAB creation of the birds and fish, ivory, south Italy c.1084, MAAB creation of the birds and fish, ivory, south Italy c.1084, MAAB Pisces: chancel arch 1160-70, Adel church, which has its own exterior and interior pages with another fish ring, gold/sapphire, prob. 13/14th or 7th c., Sens CT TC D3 122, which has its own page Creation mosaic (retouched) c.1270-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Noah's Flood mosaic c.1290-95, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. Not available in high resolution. This work has its own pages. Noah's Flood mosaic c.1290-95, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Nedstryn altar frontal, painted pine 1300-25, Bergen MA 1, which has its own page Last Supper: pulpit hanging, linen and silk embroidery on linen, Wienhausen 1325-75, WIEN Hb 3. For full object see WienMus. creation of birds and fish: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page creatures with St. Christopher, not available in high resolution. Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page dolphin: covered cup with allegory of Africa, zebu horn, circle of Georg Pfründt c.1680, KGM K 3429, which has its own page eel? battling sea monster: covered cup with allegory of Africa, zebu horn, circle of Georg Pfründt c.1680, KGM K 3429, which has its own page with more possible eels undated dolphin support for bell: int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages with detail