This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ... is in the British Museum. The first was sculptured by a clever and skilled artist: it is a fine piece of work, remarkable in particular for the elaborate modelling of the body, which is covered by a garment of very thin material, a long gown tied at the neck by two braces. The man is sitting cross-legged, in a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ... is in the British Museum. The first was sculptured by a clever and skilled artist: it is a fine piece of work, remarkable in particular for the elaborate modelling of the body, which is covered by a garment of very thin material, a long gown tied at the neck by two braces. The man is sitting cross-legged, in a position which is frequent with Orientals; the legs, folded under the garment, are not detached. He holds in the left hand a papyrus which he unrolls with the right on his lap; from the left hand hangs also a kind of purse or bag, the use of which I cannot tell. On the papyrus is an inscription to which we shall have to revert. The date of the mouument was furnished by a part of the garment (pi. xxv. B). The two braces by which it is held are tied together on the back by a kind of broach or slide, on which is the following inscription nJFj. the good god, Neb Ma Ba, beloved of Ma, which is the first cartouche of Amenophis III. The same ornament and inscription are found on the second statue, which in addition has on the chest the cartouche of the king. The other peculiarity of this statue, which to my knowledge has not been met with before, is the manner in which his title of scribe or official is indicated. The sign jA is placed on the left shoulder in such a way that the reed and the inkstand are on the back, while the purse is Xn the chest. It is to be regretted that the head has disappeared; it must have been slightly bent forward as if it were reading the text of the papyrus. The second statue is not quite so large, it is below natural proportions; the workmanship is inferior to that of the other; the position is nearly the same, but there is no papyrus, and the titles of the man are inscribed on a vertical column running along the middle of the ...
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