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 263
eforehead below the wig. Bothhusband and wife are in lime-stone, and are painted, thehusband a reddish brown, thewife a light buff. The six wooden panels ofthe tomb of Hesi in the Cairo Museum are perhapsthe most important that we possess of their kind.There is no grouping. In each of them Hesi… … Fig. 202.—Panel from tombof Hesi, Third Dvnastv. THE GREAT SPHINX. 237 has wood been carved by a more skilful hand norwith a more delicate chisel. But the art of the sculptor was not steadilyprogressive. The contemporary sculptors of anygiven period were not all possessed of equal skill,and though…
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