Made perhaps of the timber commonly called "cedar of
Lebanon" (believed to be Cilician fir), this very
elegant chair closely resembles the golden throne in
the design of it's lower part. The damage done to it
by the ancient
robbers is also very similar: the
whole of the heraldic device commemorating the
unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under one
crown, which occupied the space between the seat and
the stretchers, has been ripped off, with the
exception of the hieroglyphic sign for unification
in the middle of each side. On the back panel is a
superbly carved figure of the god of eternity,
Heh,
with a "life" sign slung over his right arm and
holding in each hand a notched palm rib, attached at
the base to the sign for "100,000" mounted on a coil
of rope. At the top of each palm rib is a solar disk
and cobra from whose hood is suspended a banner
inscribed with the king's Horus name. The
inscriptions emphasize the divine origin of the
king.