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A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Note 180 — Chapter III

Walter Armstrong translation

Thus we find in a tomb which, according to Lepsius, dates from the fourth dynasty, certain thickset sculptured forms, which contrast strongly with figures taken from mastabas in the same neighbourhood, at Gizeh. The body is short, the legs heavy and massive. Lepsius, Denkmæler, part ii. pl. 9.

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