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ioo EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
such was copied until late times. But in
the more decorative cornices of the
XVIIIth dynasty the ribbing- was broken
f______up by cross lines,
OCJOO sometimes curved
y^j^|=j upward, sometimes
182.-L.D. Fig. 183. downward. These
hi. 115.
cross lines must be a degradation of the
leaves of the palm branch. In later times
they are omitted, and the pattern becomes
simply striped.
This cornice was copied in Syrian archi-
tecture, in the plain form without ribbing,
as in the tomb at Siloam and the slabs
of Lachish ; but it does not appear to
have ever taken root in Assyria, though
attempted there, nor is it known in Europe.
The other main type of Egyptian cornice
is what is known as the Khaker, from the
equivalent of the sign as a hieroglyph in
inscriptions. This only means " to cover "
such was copied until late times. But in
the more decorative cornices of the
XVIIIth dynasty the ribbing- was broken
f______up by cross lines,
OCJOO sometimes curved
y^j^|=j upward, sometimes
182.-L.D. Fig. 183. downward. These
hi. 115.
cross lines must be a degradation of the
leaves of the palm branch. In later times
they are omitted, and the pattern becomes
simply striped.
This cornice was copied in Syrian archi-
tecture, in the plain form without ribbing,
as in the tomb at Siloam and the slabs
of Lachish ; but it does not appear to
have ever taken root in Assyria, though
attempted there, nor is it known in Europe.
The other main type of Egyptian cornice
is what is known as the Khaker, from the
equivalent of the sign as a hieroglyph in
inscriptions. This only means " to cover "