Male Baboon from Abydos

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This calcite-alabaster almost life-size statue depicts a male baboon squatting on a base. The front part of the base was inscribed with hieroglyphic signs but they no longer discernible. However, a partially surviving Serekh sign mentions the name of Mar[-mer]. A Serekh is similar to a later cartouche; it contains a royal name. Early Dynastic Period of Egypt, 1st Dynasty, c. 3000 BCE. Probably from Abydos, Egypt. It is on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, September 07). Male Baboon from Abydos. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11169/male-baboon-from-abydos/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Male Baboon from Abydos." World History Encyclopedia, September 07, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11169/male-baboon-from-abydos/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Male Baboon from Abydos." World History Encyclopedia, 07 Sep 2019, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11169/male-baboon-from-abydos/.

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