Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 278
us with thecrocodiles (Fig. 502) inthe Cairo Museum, willbear comparison with thebest works of the Ah-messide age, and the frag-ment of a decree ofPtolemy Euergetes has amotive unknown in earlierperiods, that of a Pharaohon horseback charging theenemy, sarissa in hand(Fig. 503). The bas-reliefsof… … 4g8. —SPHINX OF THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD(Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) ART IN EGYPT
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