DANS LE STYLE DU MOYEN EMPIRE

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COUTEAU MAGIQUE FRAGMENTAIRE EN IVOIRE
DANS LE STYLE DU MOYEN EMPIRE
0uatre fragments principaux représentant des génies en procession armés de couteaux, sous la forme du disque solaire muni de jambes, taureau, lion, Douamoutef, panthère, serpent, babouin, hippopotame et grenouille, surmontés par un uraeus et un disque solaire protecteur, aux extrémités, les têtes de profile d'un lion et du dieu Seth
15 cm. pour le plus long fragmment (2)

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AN EGYPTIAN IVORY MAGICAL KNIFE IN FOUR FRAGMENTS, MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 2024-1700 B.C.

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Ivory magical knives served to protect women at the moment of childbirth; their decoration was restricted to the depiction of a series of demons who would magically turn their aggressive instincts against those who would do evil to the mother and child. Both sides of this piece of ivory are decorated in a similar fashion with various demons and deities: a serpent, a crocodile, a brazier, the god Aha-the fighter-, a hippopotamus, a Seth animal, another hippo, a knife, the frog-goddess Heqet and a winged griffin.