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Description acceptable. A celebration of this event got its name meaning the “Martyr’s finger” from a relic dispensed during it. A statue was carried between two temples to celebrate this event in the Opet festival. During a seven-year period in which this event did not occur, a king agreed to raise taxes after a minister found a door guarded by a god. Two versions of a god of this event who were given the suffixes “Meht” (-5[1])and “Reset” (10[2])are shown tying two plants together in one icon. This event provided the raw material that Khnum used (10[1])to create humanity. The androgynous god Hapi controlled this event, (10[1])which was sometimes linked to Isis’s tears after the death of Osiris. For 10 points, name this annual occurrence that ensured that ancient Egypt had fertile soil. ■END■

ANSWER: flooding of the Nile [or the Nile flooding or equivalents; prompt on flood by asking “of what body of water?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eshan PantNYU AYale A75-5
Aum MundheRutgers AColumbia A7710
Cooper RohColumbia BCornell C7710
Karsten RynearsonYale ANYU A9510
Arjun BothraHaverfordRowan A10510

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