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 91
plain or simply sculp-tured with inscriptions or bas-reliefs. Sometimes, however, asat Medamot, it is compounded ofsix large and six small columnsalternated. During Pharaonictimes the lower part swelled outslightly in bulbous form and wasdecorated with curvilinear tri-angles in imitation of the… … Fig. 66. —Column withsquare die. Ptolemaic period the bulboften disappeared, owing prob-ably to Greek influence: thecolumns that surround thefirst court of the temple atEdfu rise straight from theirplinths. The shafts invariablycontract either from the bulbor immediately from the base,and end above…
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