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Title: Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884
Subjects: Art, Ancient Archaeology
Publisher: London, Bell and Daldy
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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splaited beard is the general mark of the male form in all figuressculptured or painted by the Egyptians. The king is recognisedby two peculiar signs : 1. The serpent (ureeus), which raises itshead and swollen neck over his brow and in front of his crown.2. The name engraved on his statue, or written by his side on bas-reliefs and paintings, and this name is a series of hieroglyphicsenclosed in an oval or cartouche. The honours of the oval werereserved for the kings and queens alone, and for those gods whowere considered as dynasts, or who had reigned in Egypt; butin the latter case, the gods can be recognised by their attributes,and especially by the head-dress ; the kings being distinguishedby their purely human forms, and by the richness of their costume. 154 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY. when they are not represented as mummified. The deceased kingsare further to be distinguished from living kings, as the dead kings,passing into the rank of gods by their apotheosis, bear, like the gods,
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SETHI MENEPTHAH II., FIFTH RING OF THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY. the sacred tau in one hand,and some other divine attribute in theother, the urseus on their brow, and the head-dress of the god underwhose protection they had placed themselves when alive. The sameobservation may be applied to the queens. MYTHOLOGY OF SCULPTURE. 155 Private Individuals.—Private individuals bear no distinctive sign ;men have their heads shaved, or covered with hair carefully plaitedand curled, frequently wigs of a large size, a striped garment (shenti)round the loins, falls as far as the knees, and a semicircular collar

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