Hi Nassif,
Your fly does look similar to Petrie's 19h.
I do have a question about it for you...
Often, when
lapis lazuli is found, there is a white
stone or
matrix associated with it. This white
stone is very white, usually pure white and has the appearance of frozen or solidified milk, and is called "mother of
lapis". This white
stone then becomes blue and we refer to it as
lapis lazuli. Sometimes,
lapis has "quartzite inclusions" usually gray quartz running through it, and sometimes other minerals as well. Is, what appears to be yellow actually yellow or white? I have never seen mother of
lapis with yellow mineral deposits in it but anything in nature is possible. What appears to be bronze is probably another mineral.
I don't know if you are aware of this but
lapis deposits have yet to be found in
Egypt. In 1968, the trade route for
lapis from Afghanistan to
Egypt was completed, and I think the results were published in a journal titled "
Iraq". It's hard to believe this trade route was open as far back as the Old Kingdom or even pre-dynastic times.
Flies are usually associated with valor on the battle
field.
Russ
