; but, even where he is most simplified,his outlines and general movements are truthful in the main.Sometimes we find him in full relief modelled with singular powerand sincerity. This is the case with a bronze lion which mustonce have formed a part of some kind of padlock, if we mayjudge from the… … M I III! MM INt im Mil III! III! Illl llll llll llll IHI llll IHI Hirlir! Fig. 236.—Lion, from a Theban bas-relief; from Prisse. The Egyptians were as much impressed as other easternpeoples by the strength and beauty of these animals, which intheir days must have abounded in the deserts of Syria…
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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-cataloguedesmonu22egyp-22-24.webp)
