. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . i i IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE 265 a coved Egyptian lintel springing from a row of alternateeggs and disks. The framing of the doors is bare, butthe embrasures are covered with bas-reliefs representingvarious scenes in which the king is portrayed fulfillinghis royal functions—engaged in struggles with evil geniiwhich have the form of lions or fabulous animals, occupiedin hunting, granting audiences, or making an entrancein state, shaded by an umbrella which is borne by aeunuch behind him. The columns employed in this styleof a
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . i i IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE 265 a coved Egyptian lintel springing from a row of alternateeggs and disks. The framing of the doors is bare, butthe embrasures are covered with bas-reliefs representingvarious scenes in which the king is portrayed fulfillinghis royal functions—engaged in struggles with evil geniiwhich have the form of lions or fabulous animals, occupiedin hunting, granting audiences, or making an entrancein state, shaded by an umbrella which is borne by aeunuch behind him. The columns employed in this styleof architecture constitute its most original feature. Thebase of them usually consists of two mouldings, restingeither on a square pedestal or on a cylindrical drum,widening out below into a bell-like curve, and sometimesornamented with several rows of inverted leaves. Theshafts, which have forty-eight perpendicular ribs cut ontheir outer surface, are perhaps rather tall in proportionto their thickness. They terminate in a group of largeleaves, an evident i
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