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sarcophagus of AnkhnesnefSolar, long horns with disc

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Sarcophagus of Ankhnesneferibra. There are excerpts from the Pyramid Texts, the Book of the Dead, magical and mythological texts, recitations from funerary rites, a sun hymn and hourly rituals for a vigil over the deceased. 26th Dynasty, reign of Amasis (570 - 526 B.C), or Psamtek III (526 - 525 B.C.); usurped in reign of Augustus (30 B.C. - 14 A.D.) Found in Western Thebes, Deir el-Medina; originally from Medinet. Habu, precinct of Ramesses III. Greywacke

Solar disc in between horns on the sarcophagus of Ankhnesneferibra
Genre:  5th Century B.C.

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Sarcophagus of Ankhnesnef, disc in between long horns


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