Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 312
. Brugsch.) THE SAlTE AGE Psammetichus II, Amasis. It is possible that they came fromThebes, in the trousseau of some princess married at Memphis;whatever their origin, they are mediocre in design and evenmore so in execution. Goldsmiths work and jewelry alone flourished to the end, andwere… … and Twenty-sixth Dy-nasties, these productionsdiffered only by almostimperceotible shades fromthose o^ the Theban age.The shallow goblets, someEgyptian, others Cypriot,but in the Egyptian style,discovered in the palacesof theSargonids in Assyria,resemble those in thetreasure of Bubastis;…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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