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- ↑ Berta Porter, Rosalind L. B. Mossː Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, III (2). Memphis (second edition) Oxford 1981, p. 706 online
- ↑ B. Pörtner, A. Wiedemannː Aegyptische Grabreliefs aus der Grossherzoglichen Altertümer-Sammlung zu Karlsruhe, Strassburg 1906, p. 32, pl. VII
- ↑ André Jolles: Die ägyptisch-mykenischen Prunkgefässe, in: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, 23 (1908). p. 249, fig. 50 online