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Record 1 1996-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

Cover [the pharaoh's] forehead and falls in pleated folds over his shoulders.

CONT

The lappets of the linen headdress revived the Thirteenth Dynasty fashion of an inner border.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Coiffure traditionnelle faite d'un voile à larges bandes bleues et jaunes.

CONT

[La] coiffure la plus courante [du pharaon] est le némès, qui évoque un foulard rayé dont deux pans retomberaient sur la poitrine. Tous les sphinx, qui sont des images léonines des rois, sont coiffés du némès.

Spanish

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