A GNEISS SEATED DYAD OF ATEMHOTEP, with a seated male figure wearing a long kilt and striated wig, his left hand to his right breast, his right hand resting on his knee, remains of a second seated figure to his left, an inscribed vertical column of hieroglyphs down the centre of the figure's robe reads:

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A GNEISS SEATED DYAD OF ATEMHOTEP, with a seated male figure wearing a long kilt and striated wig, his left hand to his right breast, his right hand resting on his knee, remains of a second seated figure to his left, an inscribed vertical column of hieroglyphs down the centre of the figure's robe reads:
"Revered before Neith, Hereditary Prince, Governor, Controller of the temple, Atemhotep"
mounted, repaired, Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 B.C.), from Sais
9in. (23cm.) high

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