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Relief in the Temple of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty – Western Thebes, Deir el-Bahri – Cairo, Egyptian Museum – This limestone relief is depicting three men holding sticks and leading a donkey. Above the three figures there is a line of a hieroglyphic inscription reading: ‘the donkey that carries his wife’. All the figures are wearing the short kilts with a belt, have short beards and curly hair, and hold short sticks in their hands.

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