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On this ceramic vessel, two piebald horses are depicted; they are galloping and harnessed. An ankh sign's hand grasps a was-scepter. Horses were introduced to Egypt by the Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period, c 1780 BCE. From Egypt, precise provenance is unknown. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1340 BCE. It is on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin.
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