Title: Barbed fishhook
Object type: Fish hook
Date: 30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Period: Roman Period
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: L. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897
Geography: From    Egypt Middle Egypt Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa)   EEF excavations 1896–97 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY