LIST OF PLATES WITH REFERENCES TO DESCRIPTIONS.

PLATE I 1–5.—Plan of obelisk with sections • 3, 6–10, 19 6.—Measuring(?)-lines on rock face • 12

PLATE II 1.—View of obelisk from the east • 3 2.—View of obelisk from the west • 3, 5, 7, 16

PLATE III 1.—Bottom and side of trench • 12, 14 2.—Wedge and chisel marks • 4, 12 3.—Guide lines for a smaller obelisk • 4, 10, 12 4.—Rough chisel-dressing on a half-finished sarcophagus. “El-Hammâmât”; Shellâl • 12

PLATE IV 1.—Hammer-dressing on the pyramidion • 14 2.—Stone hammer from Saqqârah • 4 3.—Construction of a sarcophagus lid by pounding • 13 4.—Embankment to the east of the obelisk • 33

PLATE V 1.—Obelisk from the north, shewing platform and upper quarry-face • 4, 16 2.—Upper quarry-face and bed of a small obelisk • 16, 20 3.—Bed of small obelisk from above • 20 4.—Inscription on bed of small obelisk • 20

PLATE VI 1.—Markings on upper quarry-face • 16, 19 2.—Section of above • 16, 19

PLATE VII Sketch-plan of environs of obelisk • 31, 33

PLATE VIII Suggested platform for the erection of an obelisk • 40, 41

ASWÂN OBELISK SCALE 1 : 100 [See larger version.]

THE ASWÂN OBELISK WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE ANCIENT ENGINEERING.