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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2966775, member: 56859&quot;]Interesting!&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t come across that before.&nbsp; Perhaps the vessel is a stylized version of a sema tawy, representing the union of upper and lower Egypt?</p><p><br /></p><p>from <a href="http://monteprama.blogspot.com/2013/05/foto-del-giorno-scrivere-con-i-vasi-ed.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://monteprama.blogspot.com/2013/05/foto-del-giorno-scrivere-con-i-vasi-ed.html" rel="nofollow">monteprama.blogspot.com</a></p><p><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yTY3HSU55jc/UThQ22jT7XI/AAAAAAAABSo/-8x9zo0qRwQ/s640/Immagine.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>to. </b><i>sema-tawy</i> , a composite sign that means <i>union of the two lands</i> (upper and lower Egypt), represented by the lotus (ger M26) and the papyrus (ger M15 = area of the Delta, lower Egypt) (1); <b>b. </b>the <i>union</i> sign (trachea + lungs?) (1); c. back of the statue of Senwosret I (c. 1961-1917&nbsp; BC), with the sign union of the two lands (2); <b>d. </b> <a href="http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-23860785/unguent-vase-with-floral-openwork-from-tomb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-23860785/unguent-vase-with-floral-openwork-from-tomb" rel="nofollow">alabaster owl vase from the tomb</a> of Tutankhamun (c. 1332 - 1323 BC, XVIII dynasty) (3) , composed by the <i>sema-tawy</i> sign, the sign for <i>years</i> , the sign ankh (life, power of life) and the sign for <i>was</i>by domain. The whole composition, besides being finely elaborated, is readable as &quot; <i>the power of life and dominance support the union of the two lands in the years</i>&quot; (1). </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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