Egyptian archaeology / by G.Maspero ; translated from the French by Amelia B. Edwards.

  • Gaston Maspero
Date:
1887
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Credit: Egyptian archaeology / by G.Maspero ; translated from the French by Amelia B. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The column does not rcst immediately upon the soil. It is always furnished with a base like that of the polygonal pillar, sometimes square with the ground, and sometimes slightly rounded. This base is either plain, or ornamented only with a line of hieroglyphs. The principal forms fall into three types : (i) the Fig. 56. column with lotus flower capital ; * (2) the column with lotus bud capital ; (3) the Hathor-headed capital. I. Columns with Lotus Flower Capitals.—The shaft is generally plain, or merely engraved with inscriptions or bas-reliefs. Sometimes, however, as at Medamot, * To this capital Professer Maspero gives the name of “ Campaniform ” ; but to English readers the tcrm lotus-flower ” vvill be more fainiliar. [Translator's note.]
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