The oldest bovine of the country: oxe with horns in the lyre shape.
 

Offering of a gazelle, animal from Seth

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"Excellent oxe from Kush"(Mariette), having horns bent toward the front.

 
Notice that the oxes are well fat, having especially been gotten fat for the sacrifice (for oxes in Egypt, to see the biblio).
[Offerings of animals][Oxes and gazelle][Sacrifices]

 

 

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