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Atfih (Aphroditopolis)
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Standard-bearer of Het-Hert during the 18th Dynasty
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Reference for image
Standard-bearer of Het-Hert from Dynasty 18, from the Karnak cachette of Thebes, now in the Cairo Museum, in Edna R. Russmann's Egyptiain Sculpture: Cairo and Luxor, p. 143. The statue was repaired and re-inscribed by the high priest of Amun, Shoshenq, later King Shoshenq II of the 22nd dynasty, who had the figures of Amun and Wesir cut on the chest and kilt.
References
Baines, John, and Jaromír Málek, Atlas of Ancient Egypt
Helck, Wolfgang, "Hathor," Lexikon der Ägyptologie, Band II, p. 1024.
Schafik, Allam, Beiträge zum Hathorkult (bis zum Ende des Mittleren Reiches)
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