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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 89

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Fig. 62. -Pillar of Amenbotep 111.,Karnak. 62 RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. again removing the eight edges it becomes sixteen-sided. Some pillars in the tombs of Assuan andBeni Hasan are of this type, as well as in theprocessional hall of Karnak (fig. 6^^) and in thefunerary temples of Deir el Bahari.… … Fig. 63. — Sixteen-sided pillars, Karnak. fifteen, or twenty sides, or verging on a perfect circle.The pillars of the portico of the temple of Osiris atAbydos end the series. Here the main part of thepillar presents a curvilinear section scarcely brokenby the plain band at the top and bottom which…

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