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Mis-displayed Synodontis at the Louvre

Posted: 27 May 2024, 14:24
by bekateen
Hi All,

Today we had the pleasure of visiting the Louvre in Paris. Among the Egyptian displays are sculptures of fish. There were four and one . Unfortunately, the numeric label for the Synodontis was reversed with the label of a neighboring Tilapia fish. I couldn't find any employees to tell, so I wonder how long it will remain uncorrected.

Cheers, Eric

Re: Mis-displayed Synodontis at the Louvre

Posted: 27 May 2024, 14:59
by bekateen
A good history of these fish can be found here: PDF
Fish Tales and Fancies
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dorothy W. Phillips, DW. 1944. Fish Tales and Fancies. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 6 (Feb., 1944), pp. 184-189 (6 pages)
https://doi.org/10.2307/3257117
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3257117

Re: Mis-displayed Synodontis at the Louvre

Posted: 27 May 2024, 15:01
by Jools
Nice!

Did you find the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic menu with a syno on it too? I was there last year and that section was closed...

Cheers,

Jools

Re: Mis-displayed Synodontis at the Louvre

Posted: 27 May 2024, 15:02
by bekateen
I'll have to go back and look at my photos. I may have missed it.

Cheers, Eric

Re: Mis-displayed Synodontis at the Louvre

Posted: 01 Jun 2024, 02:51
by naturalart
Based on the appearance of your 5th photo (multiple artifacts) they just seemed to not assign #10 next to the Syno label.