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HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY.
with the tablet. The figures were always sculptured in profile.
The sepulchral tablets frequently afford examples of bas-reliefs. An
EGYPTIAN ALTOHILIEVO.
example of alto-rilievo will be found in a stele, or sculptured monu-
ment, in the British Museum, which represents the monarch, Thot-
mes III., supported by the god Muntu, and the goddess Athor.
Etruscan.—The earliest known examples of Etruscan bas-reliefs are
the cippi, or so-called " altars " of fetid limestone, from Chiusi and its
neighbourhood. They show an archaic style of art. Bas-reliefs
HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY.
with the tablet. The figures were always sculptured in profile.
The sepulchral tablets frequently afford examples of bas-reliefs. An
EGYPTIAN ALTOHILIEVO.
example of alto-rilievo will be found in a stele, or sculptured monu-
ment, in the British Museum, which represents the monarch, Thot-
mes III., supported by the god Muntu, and the goddess Athor.
Etruscan.—The earliest known examples of Etruscan bas-reliefs are
the cippi, or so-called " altars " of fetid limestone, from Chiusi and its
neighbourhood. They show an archaic style of art. Bas-reliefs