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The alabaster sarcophagus of Oimeneptah I., King of Egypt : now in Sir John Soane's Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields (1864)

Sharpe, Samuel, 1799-1881, Bonomi, Joseph, Soane Gallery · London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green · leaf 17

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Each column stands on a flat round base.The chief room in the covered part of the temple is the hall, whoseroof is supported by six columns. Out of this various smaller roomsopened, in which dwelt the priests, and, at times, perhaps the king. Itwas dedicated to Amun-Ra, the Sun, the king of the… … Fig. 4. Plan of the Temple ofErrebek. THE SARCOPHAGUS OF OIMENEPTHAH I. 9 When this temple was built, the architectural custom had not yetbeen introduced of placing a low wall between each pair of columns, to

Seti I, King of Egypt · Tombs · Sarcophagi · Alabaster sculpture · Inscriptions, Egyptian

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