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Mural from the tomb of pharaoh Metchetchi, around 2350 BCE,early 6th dynasty.From Saqqara (?) E 25507
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Mural from the tomb of pharaoh Metchetchi, around 2350 BCE,early 6t...

Mural from the tomb of pharaoh Metchetchi, around 2350 BCE,early 6th dynasty. Upper register right:a servant prepares the slaughtering of an ox. Lower register: a servant milks a cow.From Saqqara(?)
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Mural from the tomb of pharaoh Metchetchi, around 2350 BCE,early 6t...

A brace of ducks. Painted wood. E 26913
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A brace of ducks. Painted wood....

Model of a funeral boat,a mummy on the dais. Painted wood, around 2000 BCE. E 17111
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Model of a funeral boat,a mummy on the dais. Painted wood, around 20...

Rowboat, the owner sits under the canopy, a lotus bud in his hand. Painted wood, stucco; around 2000 BCE E 284
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Rowboat, the owner sits under the canopy, a lotus bud in his hand....

Model of rowboat with oarsmen and captain; an ouadjet-eye,the sacred eye Horus lost during his battle with Seth, on the boat's side. From Assyut. Painted wood,around 2000 BCE. E 1193,E 1194
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Model of rowboat with oarsmen and captain; an ouadjet-eye,the sacr...

Large rowboat with oarsmen,around 2000 BCE. Painted wood. E 32566
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Large rowboat with oarsmen,around 2000 BCE. Painted wood....

Inscription in particularly clear hieroglyphs:a man with his walking stick,a bearded god squatting,a man with his hand at the mouth.The inscription is a quote from a religious text:"The great will rise at your voice..".From an 18th dynasty tomb. E 13099 B.
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Inscription in particularly clear hieroglyphs:a man with his walking stick,a...

Pharaonic cartouche with the name of Alexander in hieroglyphs. From right to left it reads: ALKSINDRS. E 30890
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Pharaonic cartouche with the name of Alexander in hieroglyphs. From right...

The hieroglyph letter "MEN",a gameboard with chessmen, signifies "to be stable" and is here inscribed in a cartouche of Pharaoh Sethi I:"Stable is the justice of Re".The hieroglyph "noub"means gold and is drawn as an open necklace.
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The hieroglyph letter "MEN",a gameboard with chessmen, signifies "to be stable"...

Faience tile from the palace of Seti II (19th dynasty, 1294-1279 BCE).The stylized sheaf of papyrus is the determinative (pictograph) for the name of Lower Egypt.
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Faience tile from the palace of Seti II (19th dynasty, 1294-1279 BCE).The styli...

Hieroglyph sign for "P", drawn as a wicker table. Faience, around 1250 BCE.
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Hieroglyph sign for "P", drawn as a wicker table. Faience, around 1250 BCE...