Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . plain or simply sculp-tured with inscriptions or bas-reliefs. Sometimes, however, asat Medamot, it is compounded ofsix large and six small columnsalternated. During Pharaonictimes the lower part swelled outslightly in bulbous form and wasdecorated with curvilinear tri-angles in imitation of the largeleaves that sheathe the sproutingplant. The curve is so calculatedas to equalise the diameter atthe base and at the top. In the L 1. Fig. 66. —Column withsquare die. Ptolemaic period
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . plain or simply sculp-tured with inscriptions or bas-reliefs. Sometimes, however, asat Medamot, it is compounded ofsix large and six small columnsalternated. During Pharaonictimes the lower part swelled outslightly in bulbous form and wasdecorated with curvilinear tri-angles in imitation of the largeleaves that sheathe the sproutingplant. The curve is so calculatedas to equalise the diameter atthe base and at the top. In the L 1. Fig. 66. —Column withsquare die. Ptolemaic period the bulboften disappeared, owing prob-ably to Greek influence: thecolumns that surround thefirst court of the temple atEdfu rise straight from theirplinths. The shafts invariablycontract either from the bulbor immediately from the base,and end above in three or fivesuperimposed flat bands. AtMedamot, w^here the shaft isclustered, the architect evidentlyconsidered that a single tie didnot appear sufficient to secure cluster of twelve columns,and he has marked out two other
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