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 259
dings should ever return, we shouldlose nothing by making a study of Egyptian methodsand conventions. 3.—SCULPTURE. It is now possible for us to trace to some extentthe development of sculpture in Egypt from the rudeattempts of the earliest Thinite period. In Oxford,at the Ashmolean Museum, are two… … a groove in front and behind,each figure is wound a girdle. Round the body ofThe same museum CARVINGS OK THE EAKLY PERIOD. 233 possesses a statue found at Hierakonpolis even moreslightly worked. All three represent standing figures,and are more than life-size. In marked contrast to these figures…
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