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EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
such as a nelumbium, was confused with
the lotus seems, however, very likely.
There is no doubt that in ornament
different flowers were sometimes confused,
and their details mixed ; hence it is of
no use for us to be too particular in
trying to separate them. We shall
therefore use the name lotus in general
without necessarily entering on botanical
reasons for and against it on each oc-
casion.
The oldest use of the lotus
was in groups of two flowers
tied together by the stalks;
such are found on the
prehistoric pottery at
112.—L.D.
n.33; i27- Koptos, and on the
earliest tombs. But in later times
this became corrupted, and the
origin apparently forgotten, by
the XVIIIth dynasty.
113.—L.D.
lit. 68.
XVIIIth dyn.
such as a nelumbium, was confused with
the lotus seems, however, very likely.
There is no doubt that in ornament
different flowers were sometimes confused,
and their details mixed ; hence it is of
no use for us to be too particular in
trying to separate them. We shall
therefore use the name lotus in general
without necessarily entering on botanical
reasons for and against it on each oc-
casion.
The oldest use of the lotus
was in groups of two flowers
tied together by the stalks;
such are found on the
prehistoric pottery at
112.—L.D.
n.33; i27- Koptos, and on the
earliest tombs. But in later times
this became corrupted, and the
origin apparently forgotten, by
the XVIIIth dynasty.
113.—L.D.
lit. 68.
XVIIIth dyn.