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A rare pair of Apulian bronze Ankle Greaves,
ca. 5th - 4th century BCE Seals it was the central feature

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it was the central feature of the ceremony known as 'the Raising of the Djed'

while the long neck depicts fine geometric symbols decorated with soft crosshatching

depicted with his right leg advanced

and features a stylized cross over his left breast

Wah-ib-ra-em-akhet is also known through his inscribed sarcophagus in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

A rare pair of Apulian bronze Ankle Greaves, <br><em>ca. 5th - 4th century BCE</em> Seals it was the central featureOf Apulian type, each greave hammered from a leaf shaped sheet of bronze, contoured to the length of the heel, the back rising to mid calf with three carinations, a central vertical ridge, and two flanking curvilinear ridges moulded to protect the Achilles tendon from slashing blows. Embossed on each inner side in a teardrop shape to mould over the inner ankle bone (the malleolus medialis), with a less defined but larger rounded outer side for the

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