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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 117

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KAH (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, unbakedbricks, consisting of amastaba,… … FIG. 179. —SECTION OF ONE OF THE PYRAMID-MASTAHAS OF ABYDOS (After Mariette). 98 THE FIRST THEBAN AGE i::»: /

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