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Hendrickx, S. (2002). Bovines in Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Iconography. In: Hassan, F.A. (eds) Droughts, Food and Culture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47547-2_16

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