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Musée du Louvre,
Paris. Gold platter dedicated to General Dhejouty (N713). It is adorned
with a fish and flower pattern and its edge is inscribed with "Given by King Thutmose III (Menkheperra, ruled c.1479-1425 BC), noble and prince, divine love of his god father, the man of the king in any strange land, islands in the middle of the sea, one that fills warehouses
with lapis-lazuli, silver and gold, the Director of Lands, Lord of the Two Lands who has created the Ka of the royal scribe Djehuty".
Note that the platter is a pair of a
silver plater (see E4886).
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