pe of the tool in question, and the general sig-nificance of the composition, seem rather to suggest that he is giving the finalpolish to the surface of the statue. Compare him with the pschent-polisher inFig. 252.—Ed. 3o8 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. Fig. 255 shows a workman fashioning a tet… … Fig. 252.—From a p.Tinting .it Thebes (Ch.impollion, pi. 161). their mallets and points of stone or of metal ^ They could onlydispose of instruments which, with the exception of the chisel,were incompatible with really delicate workmanship. With thelatter instrument the skilful carver can obtain…
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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-68-81.webp)
