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 329
riod. ^ ^ As late as the nineteenthcentury one of the chambers of the step pyramid ofSaqqara still retained its mural decoration of glazedware (fig. 264). Up to three-quarters of its heightit was faced with green tiles, oblong in shape, slightlyconvex in front, but flat at the back (fig. 265) ;… … GLAZED TILES. 303 the doorway are inscribed with the titles of thePharaoh Zeser of the Second or Third Dynasty. Thehieroglyphs are in blue, red, green, and yellow on atawny background. Of the Sixth Dynasty there isa yellow tile on which is the name and Ka nameof Pepi I., and there arc fragments of…
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