Ahmes ceremonial axe
The handle bears an inscription with the king's title. The blade has decoration on two sides arranged in three registers. On one side are the king's cartouches; in the centre is the sovereign in the act of striking an enemy, while a winged sphinx is depicted at the bottom. On the other side, the god Heh appears at the top; in the centre are depicted, in the form of a vulture and cobra, the goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt; at the bottom a sphinx, the king's emblem, lifts the head of an enemy.
