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Ceremonial axe of Ahmose I
General Information

It is admired for the gilded cedar wood handle and its copper blade. One of the sides of the blade is adorned with some scenes for Heh, Nekhbet, and other deities who are supposed to protect the pharaoh. The other side of the plade depicts the pharaoh tormenting one of his enemies as a symbol for sovereign power , topped with some cartouches with the names and titles of Ahmes.

Storing Place Egyptian museum - Cairo - Egypt
Material Gold
Type Hunting or warfare equipment
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place Dra'a Abu El-Naga - Luxor - Egypt
Historical Period The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
General Comments

This gold ceremonial axe was discovered among the treasures in the Tomb of Ahmes in Dra Abu El Naga. It is funerary object that was not used in the life of the pharaoh.

Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

sA ra iaH ms(w) nTr nfr nb pHty ra


Translation

Son of Re Nebpehtire. The good god Ahmose.

Scientific Publishing

H. Stierlin, The Gold of the Pharaohs, (Paris, 1997), 112, 114-115.

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