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OSA_2007

The upper part of a double statuette of a husband and wife. Both might been depicted seated. There are 7 vertical columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions carved on back (with funerary prayers for the owners). Their names were not preserved. From Egypt, precise provenance of excavation is unknown. 18th Dynasty, 1352-1292 BCE. From the Amelia Edwards Collection. With thanks to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Photo © Osama S. M. Amin.