Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 282
tant that such figured panegyrics shouldbe afforded the best possible chance of immortality; and we findthat most of these obelisks are composed of the hardest rocks.Of the four examples in the British Museum, three are of basaltand one only of limestone. Another type of stele in frequent… … Fig. 112.—Rock-cut Slele from Koiiyuiidjik. Britiili Museum. sculpture we shall have to reproduce some of them. We find amotive of the same kind, but more ornate and complicated, in thebas-relief from Kouyundjik figured above (Fig. 112). A huntingscene is carved on a wall of rock at the top of a…
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