Colossal statues of Pre-Dynastic age (5500-3100 B.C.) from the site of Koptos in Upper Egypt and now exhibited in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK. The monuments reproduced are representations of the god Min, an ancient fertility god, responsible for the fecundity of the fields and animals. These are among the earliest representations of the god, shown while holding in his left hand the erected phallus, symbol of generative power. In other depictions the god holds in his right hand a flail with which to smite his enemies.

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