And its artistry would have done any Egyptian proud, with etchings of falcon heads, winged gods, and a head of pharaonic gravity. Inscribed, too, are the names of the Royal Sealer's parents: Alexikles and Zenodote. He was, it seems, GREEK or the child of GREEK immigrants; he rose in the court high ...
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