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English: A relief upon the side of the sarcophagus of one of the wives of pharaoh Mentuhotep II, discovered at Deir el-Bahari. The royal lady is taking sweet-smelling ointment from an alabaster vase. A handmaiden keeps the flies away with a bird's-wing fan. Late 11th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, now in Cairo Museum. Photo by Emile Brugsch.
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Source The treasury of ancient Egypt: miscellaneous chapters on ancient Egyptian history and archaeology. Chicago, 1913
Author Arthur Weigall (1880 - 1934)

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