Praying Statuette of The Mortuary Priest Hotepdief 2890-2805 BCE, The Egytian Musem- Egypt

                     Praying Statuette of The Mortuary Priest Hotepdief 2890-2805 BCE.
He conducted funeral services reciting supplications for the1st three kings of the 2nd dynasty of ancient Egyptian history. Their royal names are incised on the back of his shoulder. He is sitting with palms placed on his knees and legs folded under his body which is the same posture performed by worshippers of other religions that appeared thousands of years afterward.

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