rkman who leans upon the chest of the standing colossus.The latter seems, however, to pause for a moments considerationbefore proceeding with his work. One of these tools is the pointof stone or metal, the other acts as mallet or hammer. The sametool is to be recocjnised in the hand of the man who… … Fig. 251.—Bas-relief at Thebes (ChanipoUior, pi. i8o). begun in this fashion. In the same tomb the representation of asphinx receiving the final touches which is figured above occurs(Fig. 254). In this painting the polishing tool is a disk, similar tothat in use by one of the workmen in Fig. 253.…
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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-cataloguedesmonu21egyp-317-608.webp)
