Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 117
p it just as it stood,conceived the idea ofplacing it upon the mas-taba. It was, we re-member, by a combinationof this kind that the Helio-politans of the Memphiteage had created the formof the solar temple in useunder the Fifth Dynasty mage, and are amazingly wellserved. The rulers hadnot… … 178-—PYRAMII^-MASTABA OF DRAH-ABUL-NEKKAH (After Prisse dAvennes). grafting the obelisk of the Sun upon the mastaba. The semi-independent nobles, or the courtiers who were buried near Abydos or at Drah-abul-Nekkah (Fig. 178) seem tohave furnished the firstexamples. These are build-ings of coarse,…
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