Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . on the outstretched papyrus, hestill waits, as he has done for six hundred , forthe moment when his master will consent to resumehis interrupted dictation. The face is almost square,the strongly marked features indicate a man of matureage, the broad thin-lipped mouth is slightly raisedat the corners, which are almost lost in the projec-tion of the surrounding muscle, the cheeks are hardand bony, the thick heavy ears stand out from thehead, and the hair is coarse and closel
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . on the outstretched papyrus, hestill waits, as he has done for six hundred , forthe moment when his master will consent to resumehis interrupted dictation. The face is almost square,the strongly marked features indicate a man of matureage, the broad thin-lipped mouth is slightly raisedat the corners, which are almost lost in the projec-tion of the surrounding muscle, the cheeks are hardand bony, the thick heavy ears stand out from thehead, and the hair is coarse and closely cropped overthe low forehead. The large well-opened eyes owetheir peculiar vivacity to an ingenious contrivance ofthe ancient artist. The stone orbit that forms thesetting has been hollowed out and filled with blackand white enamel; a bronze setting defines the edge 246 PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. of the eyelids, while a small spangle of ebony insertedbehind the iris arrests and reflects the light and givesan appearance of actual sight. The flesh is slightlyflaccid, as it should be with a man of middle age, whose. Fig. 205.—Cross-legged scribe at the Louvre, Old Kingdom. occupations do not admit of actixe exercise. Theback and arms stand out well, the hands are hard andbony, the fingers are unusually long, the details of theknees are carefully modelled. The whole body is STATUARY OF THE OLD EMPIRE. 247 governed by the dominating sense of waiting, whichalso prevails in the expression of the face. Themuscles of the arm, the bust, and shoulder are all insemi-repose, ready to resume their interrupted cross-legged scribe of Cairo (fig. 206) was dis-
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