Khay-(scribe)–New Kingdom- Thoth-(tutelary of Scribes)-honored in Shrine-form-(Naos)(at Louvre).The granite statue represents the daytime sunlit journey, the limestone the night. (The original block statue started with the Tomb of Hetep, Saqqara, 12th Dynasty as two cuboid statues, one each of granite and limestone, and inscriptions explaining the block form, and exposed limbs receiving the first rays of the morning sun-(to arise out of primordial earth).
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