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TYPICAL FEATURES ACCORDING TO PERIODS

 

The following indications are only a small part of dating characterizations and are not to be considered as a complete nor absolute rules, the problem of dating being much more complex: many variants come into play.

 Abbreviations: Th = Thotmose; Am = Amenhotep; Rm = Ramses

 






Showng difference between "silouetted" and "gouged"




Rope border and crocodile.




"Column dd between two equal signs" and "Two vertical bends touching the borders..




Anonymous king on the throne and falcon headed deities






Symmetric style (Tufnell) or exotic (Vodoz)




Joined names of Th III + Sethi I and Arranged at the top surmounted by a winged sun or sun with uraei








Pillar dd depicted with three transverse bars and Pillar dd central between two uaei, usually not crowned



Writing of Menkheperre with complementary n





Prothorax separated from the elytra by a Y trace




Tightening on the back between prothorax and elytra



 

 

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