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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 49

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s was built, projecting from the east wall, square in themastaba of Kaapiru (Fig. 54), irregular in that of Neferhetep(Fig. 55), at Sakkarah; but the more important measure wasthe imbedding of the false door in the masonry in such a manneras to bring it to the back, sometimes of a niche, sometimes… … FIG. 51. THENAMK HORUS OK CHEPHREN. MEMPHITE ART be placed at one of the extremities, the ground-plan forms n figurelike a double-headed hammer (Fig. 56); if it be hollowed out oppositethe entrance, it suggests a cross the head of whidi is cut outmore or less. Such simple arrangements are found…

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