Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 277
d, soon after its appearance, the purely indigenous schools of sculpture were either closed, or, all along the valley, merely produced artisans incapable of a passable work; when, about the beginning of the third century, certain towns of the Fayum or the Delta wished to erect monuments in honour… … KIG. 4g6. —STATUE OF AMONKKY (Museum of theVatican). (Phot. Petrie.) THE SAITE AGE Colossus in theAlexandria wasstatues of awoman of the tomb ofKom-es-Shugafa, and theanimal - sculptors wereable for some time yet toproduce figures of monk-eys (Fig. 496), sphinxes(Fig. 498), and lionspassant or…
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