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 78
rries of Gebel Abu Fedah (fig. 54).These outlines having been drawn, the vertical incisionswere made by means of a long metal chisel driven inperpendicularly or obliquely by powerful blows froma mallet. The horizontal detachments were effectedsolely by bronze or wooden wedges inserted in… … ^^% 55-—Bas-relief from one of the stelae of Aahmes, at Turah,Eighteenth Dynasty. at Tehneh there are drums of columns only halfdisengaged. Transport \vas effected in various ways. At Assuan,at Silsilis, at Gebel Sheikh Herida, and at Gebel AbuFedah the quarries are literally washed by the w^aters…
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