Fig. 97.—The Xymphasi Xelumbo : from the Discriplion de TEgype : HLt. NaiurdU, pi. 61. which rests upon the centre of the capital. At Karnak andMedinet-Abou this abacus is not so absurdly high as it afterwardsbecame in the Ptolemaic period,^ but yet its effect is singular ratherthan pleasant. We…
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