The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . iij])ii STATUE IN THE TURINMUSEUM.^ 534 TEE CLOSE OF THE THE BAN by the solar disk, and inserted on the top of a thick handle; another, whohas been relegated to Turin, appears to be placed between two long staves,each surmounted by an idol, and, to judge from his attitude, seems to have nosmall idea of his own beauty and importance. The Egyptians were an obser-vant people and inclined to satire, and I have a shrewd suspicion that the sculptors, ia giving tosuch statuettes thiscliaracter of childlikevauity, yielded to thetemptat
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . iij])ii STATUE IN THE TURINMUSEUM.^ 534 TEE CLOSE OF THE THE BAN by the solar disk, and inserted on the top of a thick handle; another, whohas been relegated to Turin, appears to be placed between two long staves,each surmounted by an idol, and, to judge from his attitude, seems to have nosmall idea of his own beauty and importance. The Egyptians were an obser-vant people and inclined to satire, and I have a shrewd suspicion that the sculptors, ia giving tosuch statuettes thiscliaracter of childlikevauity, yielded to thetemptation to be merryat the expense of theirmodel. The smelters andengravers in metal oc-cupied in relation tothe sculptors a some-what exalted had for a longtime been employed in funerary furniture, and ushahim (respondents),*amulets, and images of the gods, as well as of mortals, were cast in thismetal. Many of these tiny figures form charming examples of enamel-work,and are distinguished not only by the gracefulness of the modelling, butalso by tiie brilliance of the superimposed glaze; but the majority of themwe
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