The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt . 90. Trial piece of learnerLions head drafted 89. Rough drafting 91. Head nearly finished THE STONE-WORKING vases was ground out with stone grinders fed withemery, and in softer stones cut out by crescent-shaped flint drills. The historic times show a continual decline in thequality of the stone used. In the 1st dynasty thehard stones decreased, and the softer slate andalabaster were more common. In the pyramid ageonly diorite continued in use among the hard ma-terials, and that but rarely compared to soft stones ;while in the Xllth and XVIIIth dynasties,
The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt . 90. Trial piece of learnerLions head drafted 89. Rough drafting 91. Head nearly finished THE STONE-WORKING vases was ground out with stone grinders fed withemery, and in softer stones cut out by crescent-shaped flint drills. The historic times show a continual decline in thequality of the stone used. In the 1st dynasty thehard stones decreased, and the softer slate andalabaster were more common. In the pyramid ageonly diorite continued in use among the hard ma-terials, and that but rarely compared to soft stones ;while in the Xllth and XVIIIth dynasties, beyondan occasional vase of obsidian or serpentine, nothingIS seen but the soft alabaster. The form J belongsto the Vlth dynasty. K is a type which descendsfrom the 1st dynasty, but in this form wide at thetop belongs to the XI Ith, after which it and M are of the XVII Ith dynasty. Amulets of fine stone were used from prehistoricdays onwards. Of the early ones, the bulls head isthe commonest, made of carnelian, haematite,
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