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Copper statues of Pepi I

By Jacqueline Engel

Two copper statues of Pepi I were found at Hierakonpolis, they are thought to depict the two royals symbolically “trampling underfoot the Nine bows,” a stylized representation of Egypt’s conquered foreign subjects.

6th dynasty, from the Temple of Horus at Hierakonpolis.

Egyptian Museum Caïro

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