longs to the samekind of pillar as those observed by Lepsius in the Fayoum. In apainting in one of the Gournah tombs, three workmen are shownpolishing a column exactly similar to that figured by Prisse, with thesingle exception that its proportions are more slender (Fig. 42).Monolithic columns of… … ::. 0 nm Construction. 69 west of the present city of Alexandria which are nearly 22 feethicrh. Their capitals are imitated from truncated lotus-buds, likethat in Fig. 42. It would seem, then, that monolithic columns were in fashionduring the early centuries of the second Theban empire, but that,in…
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