Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 320. — En-amelled cruet,wall painting,Eightee n t hDynasty. 354 THE INDUSTRIAL centrepiece Amen- hotep III., wall painting, EighteenthDj-nasty. horizontal zones of which the centre one representsa marsh, with an antelope careerin<5 at full enamelled cruets are surmounted, one with theplumed head of an eagle (fig. 319), the other with the head of thegod Bes betweentwo serpents (). A gold cen-trepiece (fig. 321)sent to Amen-hotep III. by aviceroy of
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 320. — En-amelled cruet,wall painting,Eightee n t hDynasty. 354 THE INDUSTRIAL centrepiece Amen- hotep III., wall painting, EighteenthDj-nasty. horizontal zones of which the centre one representsa marsh, with an antelope careerin<5 at full enamelled cruets are surmounted, one with theplumed head of an eagle (fig. 319), the other with the head of thegod Bes betweentwo serpents (). A gold cen-trepiece (fig. 321)sent to Amen-hotep III. by aviceroy of Ethiopiarepresents one ofthe most usual scenes of Egyptian conquest. A groupof men and apes are gathering fruit in a grove ofdom-palms, two natives in striped waist-cloths, witha long feather stuck in their hair, are each of themleading a tame giraffe on a men of the same tribe arekneeling on the ground and beg-ging for mercy from the Egyptiansoldiery, while negro prisonerslaid flat on the ground are withdifficulty raising their heads andshoulders. A cup with a shallowbase and a high conical coverstands up among the the workmen who carried out this designstudied richness
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