Khafra, statue of, 34. accuracy of, 82. Khaker ornament, 64. Kha-sekhem, head of, 32. Khety, copper brazier of, 99. Khufu, organizing by, 16. figure of, 34, 135. accuracy of, 81. Koptos, colossi from, 30. Lazuli beads, 80, 85. inlaying, 88, 91. Lead used, 103. Leather the earliest clothing, 147. appliqué work, 149. slit network, 150. Lifting of stones, 75. Light, conditions of strong, 3. Limitations of national arts, 157. Limestone sculpture, school of, 25. earliest, 31. working in, 69. Linen, fineness of, 147. Lines level and vertical in Egypt, 5. Lion, figures of, 30, 39. amulet, 80. Literature compared with art, 7, 8. Looms, 148. Lotus capitals, 67. flower, ivory, 136. Manganese colour of glaze, 118. Mastaba tomb-chapels, 16, 50. Materials of sculpture, 23. Medieval European art, 155. Medinet Habu temple, 66. Memphis, head from, 46. Mendes bowls, 96. Menkaura, accuracy of, 82. Mentu-em-hat, head of, 46. Merenptah, 44. Mertitefs, queen, 32. Middle kingdom style, 17, 18. statuary, 36-40. Min, statues of, 30. Modelling in pottery, 132. Mosaics of glass, 122. Moulding by pressure, 90. Moulds for casting copper, 99, 100, 102. for glazed ware, 118. of plaster, 144, 145. Mykenaean style of inlays, 92. Narmer, 31, 49. National arts, 157. Naturalism of early art, 17. later, 20. Necklace fastening, 91, fig. 109, 93. Necklets of silver, 95. Negress statuette, 43. New Kingdom, 18-20. statuary, 40-45. Nofert, head of, 33. Nubian sandstone, 27, 69. Obelisks, raising of, 77. transport of, 77. Observation in early art, 15. Organization, system of social, 16. Ovens for glazing, 117. Oxherd, 51. Ox, sacrifice of, 51. Pafaabast statuette, 94. Painting on tombs, 19. earliest, 55. in New Kingdom, 56-60. light and shade, 59. Palettes of slate, 13. Palm capital, 67. scenery, 4. Palm-stick construction, 63. Papyrus structures, 64. capital, 67. Pectorals of Senusert II, 87; Senusert III, 87; Amenemhat III, 88; Ramessu II, 93. Pedubast, 140. Pelicans, painting of, 56. Pepy, copper statue of, 99. Periods of art, 11-21. Persian glazing, 155. Pewter, 104. Plaited wire chains, 91. Planes for testing faces, 72. Plaster, 142-146. in masonry, 142. coating statues, 143. modelling, 144-146. castings, 144. moulds, 144, 145. heads, 145, 146. oiled, 145. Political divisions different from artistic, v. Porphyry used for vases, 78. Portraiture, late, 22, 38. Pot metal, 103.
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