Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 247
of the divinitieson the roof were badly placed,and their feet came where theirarms should have been : themaster readjusted their positionon the same squared surfacewithout effacing the original sketch. Here, at any rate, the error was noticed intime ; at Karnak on the northern wall of the… … Fig. 194.—Sculptors cor-rection. Medinet Habu. SCULPTORS TOOLS. 221 were filled in with cement or stucco and cut afresh.The cement has now fallen out, and traces of thefirst chiselling are once more visible ; thus bothSeti I. and Rameses III. have two profiles, onescarcely marked, the other cut in…
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