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Ritual Implement Dedicated by a King Senwosret to Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II Period: Middle Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 12 Date: ca. 1961–1840 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes Medium: Hornblende granite Dimensions: H. 21 cm Egyptian Sculpture, Egypt Pharaoh, Life In Ancient Egypt, Egypt Mummy, Ancient Africa, Kemet Egypt, Egyptian Museum, Egyptian Artifacts, Middle Kingdom

Known as a pesesh-kef, this magical instrument has its origins in early Egyptian culture. It may represent an implement used to cut the umbilical cord. The pesesh-kef was employed in the Opening of the Mouth ritual, during which a priest would hold the implement to the mouth of a cult statue or mummy, allowing it to receive offerings

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Mentuhotep Ii, Anunnaki Aliens, Egyptian Hieroglyphics Symbols, Goddess Hathor, Upper Egypt, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Kemet Egypt, Ancient Egyptian Symbols, White Crown

Inscriptions from left to right:Divine speech (of Amun):…[nb tA.wj] Nswt-bj.tj nb-xpt-ra zA-raw MnT.w-[Htp.w]pA(w.t) r j(t).w=k nb n-aA-[mr.wt]"…Lord of the Two Lands, King of Upper and Lower Egypt Nebkhepetre, Son of Re Mentuhotep…Provisions more than all your ancestors inasmuch as…"Next, above the papyrus plant one could still the remains of a figure of a vulture

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