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Egyptian decorative art : a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution /by W.M. Flinders Petrie (1920)

Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London : Methuen · leaf 38

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decoration of the private scarabs of the Xllth-XIIIth dynas- ties, many of which are of great beauty. Both types are found, but the hook pattern Fig. 20. f.p. cou. Fig. 21. is more usual than the coils. In the finest work, however, the lineis made endless, a single continuousline forming thewhole… … Fig. 22. F.P. coll. Fig. 23. pattern of Setmes, and the endless coilpattern of Ptaherduen. In the few spiralscarabs of latertimes the pattern isnot only placed atthe sides, but is 24.-panscarried all round, as we see in that of

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