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Originally posted by IAMTAT
reply to post by Trexter Ziam
I think what looks like a leg, may actually be the false beard worn by Pharaohs.
edit on 17-12-2011 by IAMTAT because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by IAMTAT
reply to post by Parta
Both Sobek and Nehebkau might be possibilities, although Sobek was depicted with an uraeus, I can't find him wearing the actual two crowns of Pharaohship over Egypt.
Originally posted by IAMTAT
reply to post by Byrd
Thanks Byrd. I think you've found a good candidate...So Amaunet would be the feminine version of Amun?
...mentioned as early as the Pyramid Texts, symbolized invincible living power and became identified with the Atum...first found in non-royal burials from the Third Intermediate Period
Andrews C (1994) Amulets of Ancient Egypt (University of Texas Press, Austin), p 26