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The Egyptian Orders. 87 constructed by Thothmes of the great temple at Karnak. Its prototype may certainly be recognized in a figured pavilion at Sakkarah, dating from the sixth dynasty. We reproduce it from a squeeze sent to us by M. Bourgoin (Figs. 58 and 59). f ' »-^. ,-* d--- 1 -.^ 1 ; ^ V6 •< ^^ l^


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~' ^U >— 3^^ |-^<.i^A-,^^ i^fSf Fig. 56. — Bas-relief from the 5th dynasty from Lepsius. Fig. 5S.— Pavilion from Sakkarah, 6th d"nastv. Fig. 57. — Details of columns in Fig. 56. Fig. 59. — Details of column in Fig. 5S. During the Ptolemaic period, the Egyptian architects made frequent use of the form of capital which is now called hatJwric. in which a masque of Hathor, the cow-headed goddess, is the ruling principle. This capital is to be seen, in a rudimentary