Capital from Philae, Egypt, (1928). 'Palm column from Philae, probably from the time of Augustus (31 - 14 ) or of Tiberius (14-37 )' After Prisse d'Avennes. Plate IV, fig 9, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. [Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928]

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