Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . ines of hieroglyphs setting forth the praises of theking, and sometimes a scene ofoffering at the bottom. This is the usual form of and there one comes acrossone of a different type. That atBegig, in the Fayum, is rectangularin section, and bluntly rounded atthe top (fig. 114). A mortise atthe summit shows that it was sur-mounted by some metal object,probably a hawk, as on the obeliskcarved on one of the votive stelaein the Cairo Museum. This formlasted till the fin
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . ines of hieroglyphs setting forth the praises of theking, and sometimes a scene ofoffering at the bottom. This is the usual form of and there one comes acrossone of a different type. That atBegig, in the Fayum, is rectangularin section, and bluntly rounded atthe top (fig. 114). A mortise atthe summit shows that it was sur-mounted by some metal object,probably a hawk, as on the obeliskcarved on one of the votive stelaein the Cairo Museum. This formlasted till the final decay ofEgyptian art. One has been foundat Axum, in the middle of Ethiopia,dating from about the fourthcentury of our era. Such were the accessories to thedecoration of the pylon. The innercourts and hypostyle halls had alsocolossi of their own. Some of these, backed onto the front faces of the pillars or walls, were onlyhalf disengaged from the masonry, and were evenbuilt up with it in courses. They represented thePharaoh standing, mummified, and bearing theinsignia of Osiris. Others, under the peristyle at. Fig. 114.—Obelisk ofSenusert I., BegigFayum. 124 RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. Luxor, and at Karnak between each column ofthe central aisle, are also statues of the Pharaoh,but here he is Pharaoh triumphant, clad in royalapparel. The right to dedicate a statue in the templewas also a royal prerogative, and although the kingoccasionally permitted some favoured person todedicate theirs by the side of his own, it was alwaysa special favour, and the inscription on such statuesmentions that it was placed there by thi kings as this privilege was granted, it resulted in avast accumulation of votive statues, so that in thecourse of centuries the courts and passages of some temples were crowdedwith them. At Karnakthe sanctuary enclosurewas furnished outsidewith a kind of broad-Table of offerings, bench breast - hicrh, on Karnak. , • i i which the statues wereplaced w
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