Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 304
FIO. 53S.—BROXZE STATIKTTK OK MASU (The Louvre, Paris). era, as we learn fromthe crosses and in-scriptions, but othersarc decorated withpai^an figures andlegends, and cannotbe later than thesecond or third cen-tury of our era; thepotter must havehad in the back ofhis shop old modelswhich came… … rir,. ??0. BRONZK HUKlS(The Louvre, Paris). It is probable that founders also preserved old-fashioned moulds,and continued to cast with them from time to time for theirclients. Thus some Theban devotee of Bast might, before starting for Bubastis, have provided himselfwith ex-votoes, cats, or…
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