. The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history. THE DAUGHTERS OF AKHENATEN WITH THEIR NURSE. PLATE XVI. Cylinders of Various Periods. Cylinders were in use in Egypt in very early times, but soonwere given up for scarabs. In the XYIIIth Dynasty they seem tohave come again into fashion, for a short time only. But theynever became popular objects, and are rarely found in Egypt. Theyseem to have been used as seals, for which purpose they areadmirably adapted. Indeed, it is strange such a convenient formof sealing, making an unlimited repetition of the device, ever w
. The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history. THE DAUGHTERS OF AKHENATEN WITH THEIR NURSE. PLATE XVI. Cylinders of Various Periods. Cylinders were in use in Egypt in very early times, but soonwere given up for scarabs. In the XYIIIth Dynasty they seem tohave come again into fashion, for a short time only. But theynever became popular objects, and are rarely found in Egypt. Theyseem to have been used as seals, for which purpose they areadmirably adapted. Indeed, it is strange such a convenient formof sealing, making an unlimited repetition of the device, ever wentout of fashion, and it would be well worth introducing into modernbusiness usages. I have, in regard to the ten cylinders shown onPlate XVI, given impressions of each. It is wonderful to see howsharp these are, from signets which left the engravers hands somany thousand years 442
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