Fish was thought to be a ruler of the Lower Egypt or a part of Lower Egypt during the late prehistoric period. He most likely never existed and is a modern invention due to misunderstanding of early hieroglyphic signs.Barry Kemp (a1), Andrew Boyce and James Harrell. The Colossi from the Early Shrine at Coptos in Egypt, in: Cambridge Archaeological Journal Volume 10, Issue 2, April 2000, 233. Fish is known only from the fish hieroglyph and was possibly a king of the prehistoric Dynasty 0 of Predynastic Egypt.Felde, Rolf: Gottheiten, Pharaonen und Beamte im alten Ägypten, Norderstedt 2017, page 125.
Fish is thought to have ruled late in the 31st century BC.
He is known only from artefacts that bear his mark, a hieroglyphic fish symbol. The dates and geographic extent of his rule are not known nor is his actual name.
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