Capart, Jean, 1877-1947 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 253
THE EARLIEST PHARAONIC MONUMENTS. 229 from the prehistoric remains. This is surmounted by two signs one of which is the bird '^^, rekhyt, which we have met with already on a vase with relief decorations from Hierakonpolis, in what may be a pictographic inscription (Fig. T"^. Professor Steindorff,… … Fig. 169. — Fragment of a Slate Palette. Cairo Museum. Museum belong together, and united form almost a complete palette^ (Fig. 170). In the centre there is a round cavity, in- tended apparently to contain the green paint by means of which the divine statue or the king officiating in the temple was…
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