18/124 It is always furnished with a base like that of the polygonal pillar, sometimes square with the ground, and sometimes slightly rounded. This base is either plain, or ornamented only with a line of hieroglyphs. The principal forms fall into three types: (1) the column with campaniform, or lotus-flower capital; (2) the column with lotus-bud capital; (3) the column with Hathor-head capital. 60 .-- Fluted pillar, Kalabsheh.] [Illustration: Fig. 61 .-- Polygonal Hathor-headed pillar, El Kab.] I._Columns with Campaniform Capitals_ .-- The shaft is generally plain, or merely engraved with inscriptions or bas-reliefs. |