rah, which arereferred to the second and third dynasties. The king Persen,whose name occurs in some of the inscriptions upon these tombs,belongs to that remote period. In many of these tombs theceiHng is carved to represent trunks of palm-trees; even theroughnesses of the bark being reproduced.… … Fig. 37.—Stele from the 4th dynasty ; drawn by Eourgoin. with their roofs intact we should find many instances of this kindof decoration.^ Our Figures 38 and 39 are taken from another tomb, and showvarieties of that ornament which is universally employed as afinial to the panels we have mentioned.…
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