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Label of Aha

To the jars that contained oil, a product considered extremely valuable by the Egyptians of this period, ivory labels of different formats and decorations were normally applied, on which information about the product was written; at the top right is written the name Horus, a hieroglyphic created by the legs of a falcon descending inside a palace and transforming into two arms clutching a mace and shield; the hieroglyphic in classical times will have the meaning of Aha meaning fighter; to the right in a pavilion are the vulture goddess Nekhbet of Upper Egypt and the cobra goddess Uadjet of Lower Egypt; boat with a cabin, above which is a hawk on a boat; in the second register, men, one with a staff, a large vase, prisoners, a bound bull, a decapitated bull, jars and loaves on a mat; below, virile figures with folded arms

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