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SCULPTURE. 97..
The head of the fragment of the colossal statue,
which goes by the name of the younger Memnon,
which Belzoni brought from Thebes, presuming it to
he older than the time of the Ptolemies, is remark-
able for the expression of tranquillity and repose. Its
high antiquity can hardly be doubted. The same
expression of tranquillity marks the countenance of
the colossal figure of Ipsambul *.
Among Mr. Payne Knight's bronzes in the British
Museum, is one marked LI. 5 in his Catalogue, a
bust of Isis, of very antient Egyptian work, of the
most exquisite finish and preservation, supported by
the sacred pectoral ornament of the Egyptian deities
and priests; the whole five inches and three quarters
high and six inches wide; on the top of the head a
modius. The character of the face, though elegant,
is distinctly African, and the lips, cheeks, and ears
we finished with a degree of truth and delicacy equal
almost to any thing left by the Greeks. It appears
to have been hammered and carved, not cast; and
the loops behind, by which it was tied round the
body, prove that it was worn as a badge, probably
! by successive priests, as it seems to have been much
used. It was purchased at the sale of Mr. Brand
I Holiis.
In the same collection of antient bronzes, are also
s Several of Graeo-Egyptian work of the Macedonian
j 'imes; particularly, III. 2, a mask of Ammon in
f his Grecian form, with the horns of the ram affixed
i j? the head of Jupiter; and LXXIII. 3, the ram of
! «mmon, or that god in his animal form, a bronze
I '"«* inches and a half in height.
The Egyptian worship of the time spread itself
I. Both are engraved in the Library of Entertaining Know-
. le«ge, Egyptian Antiquities, vol. i. pp. 132, 243, 253.
v«l. I. K
The head of the fragment of the colossal statue,
which goes by the name of the younger Memnon,
which Belzoni brought from Thebes, presuming it to
he older than the time of the Ptolemies, is remark-
able for the expression of tranquillity and repose. Its
high antiquity can hardly be doubted. The same
expression of tranquillity marks the countenance of
the colossal figure of Ipsambul *.
Among Mr. Payne Knight's bronzes in the British
Museum, is one marked LI. 5 in his Catalogue, a
bust of Isis, of very antient Egyptian work, of the
most exquisite finish and preservation, supported by
the sacred pectoral ornament of the Egyptian deities
and priests; the whole five inches and three quarters
high and six inches wide; on the top of the head a
modius. The character of the face, though elegant,
is distinctly African, and the lips, cheeks, and ears
we finished with a degree of truth and delicacy equal
almost to any thing left by the Greeks. It appears
to have been hammered and carved, not cast; and
the loops behind, by which it was tied round the
body, prove that it was worn as a badge, probably
! by successive priests, as it seems to have been much
used. It was purchased at the sale of Mr. Brand
I Holiis.
In the same collection of antient bronzes, are also
s Several of Graeo-Egyptian work of the Macedonian
j 'imes; particularly, III. 2, a mask of Ammon in
f his Grecian form, with the horns of the ram affixed
i j? the head of Jupiter; and LXXIII. 3, the ram of
! «mmon, or that god in his animal form, a bronze
I '"«* inches and a half in height.
The Egyptian worship of the time spread itself
I. Both are engraved in the Library of Entertaining Know-
. le«ge, Egyptian Antiquities, vol. i. pp. 132, 243, 253.
v«l. I. K