Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 50
tbecame a stele, towards which all the several parts of the tombconverged, just as if it had remained the actual door whichhad formerly led to the vault. Occasionally, however, its ancientcharacter was revived, at least in appearance. Thus in the tombof Mereruka (Fig. 60), the life-size statue of… … FK;. ^t.—STKI.K-nooH OF ISIRI. (Museum, Cairo.) (Phot. E. Brugsch.) ART IN EGYPT Atoti (Fig. 61), the statue is set against the stone which fills upthe doorway, rather than enframed in the bay. In that of Neferseshemptah (Fig. 62), the
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