mmand. Even in the earliest attempts that have come down to us, theEgyptian sculptor shows a complete grasp of the peculiar featuresof the domesticated animals of the country. Men accustomed tothe careful study of the human figure could make light of render-ing those of beasts, with their more… … FiG- 201.—Bas-relief from tJie Tomb of Ti, Sakkarah. servants of mankind. There were. In all probability, as manydonkeys in the streets of Memphis under Cheops as there are nowIn Cairo under Tewfik. Upon the walls of the mastabas we seethem trotting in droves under the cries and sticks of their…
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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-27-43.webp)
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