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Cover illustration: Saqqara, Tomb of Kaemrehu, Dynasty 5, weighing of copper adze blades, original relief exhibited in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, CG 1534, after Mogensen (1921, Fig. 42), corrected new drawing in Odler (2016, Fig. 11).
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