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Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt

CHAPTER IV
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208 .-- Statue of Hor, Graeco-Egyptian.] [Illustration: Fig.

209 .-- Group from Naga.] The most forcible work of this hybrid class which has come down to us is the portrait-statue of one Hor (fig.

208), discovered in 1881 at the foot of Kom ed Damas, the site of the tomb of Alexander.

The head is good, though in a somewhat dry style.

The long, pinched nose, the close-set eyes, the small mouth with drawn-in corners, the square chin,--every feature, in short, contributes to give a hard and obstinate character to the face.


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