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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 52

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elf, this mastaba, like those of the earliest period, at first presents to the spectator either a stele on the west face, or a niche in front of which the family assembled to offer sacrifice. In the interior, the well was replaced by a sort of court, in the western part of which a place was… … a T^Zl FIG.56. — TH K >r \ ST A B A O F Z A 7. A M KN K KH.(After Mariette.) FIG. 57.—THE MASTABAOF KHABKIHTAH. (After Mariette.) to 24 inches, relieved the upper slab of the weight of thesuccessive strata rising above it to the level of the terminal plat-form. The lateral walls, carved and…

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