ssal statues in front of the temples, in bas-reliefs uponpylons, upon the walls of porticos and pillared halls, he wasrepresented sometimes offering homage to the gods, sometimesleading his troops to battle or bringing them home victorious.The supreme efforts of architect and sculptor were directed… … Fig. 21.—Scribe registering merchandize. Sakkarah. (gj inches higli. Drawn by Bourgoin.^ power surpassed the power and dignity of ordinary men. The artof Egypt was, in this sense, a monarchical art ; and in so being-it was the direct expression of the sentiments and ideas of thesociety which had to…
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![An illustration from Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l'Égypte antique / publié sous les auspices de S.A. Abbas II Helmi par la direction générale du Service des antiquités [de l'Égypte] ; par J. de Morgan, U. Bouriant, G. Legrain, G. Jéquier, A. Barsanti (1894)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-cataloguedesmonu31egyp-40-70.webp)
