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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited · leaf 380

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so their heads upon a larger scale. The first of these two prisoners must have been a European, TnK Figure. 349 according to Champollion. His white skin, Iiis straight nose, andthe tattooing upon his arms all help to prove this (Figs. 272 and273). He is dressed in a long robe, bordered with a rich… … Fig. 276.—Winged figure. Desciiplion, vol. ii. pi. 92. aquiline, his beard curled and wavy, and down by his right earhangs one of those side locks which were, in Egypt, the peculiarproperty of infancy. Long tresses hanging down on each side ofthe brow, and two fringe-like bands passing round the…

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