Egyptian sculpture

METHODS OF THE ARTIST 21

that is taken. Even the less important figures, the seated figures or those in action, conform fairly closely.

Old Kingdom

(P. 22. fig. 1.) The height of the standing figure was nine units, divided thus:

Head, from hair to shoulder x .. Iunit Shoulder to hem of kilt .. = .. 5 units Hemtoground .. a .. .. 3 units

This varies very slightly, for the kilt may be a little longer in some figures than in others. The proportions within the main measurements are:

Ground to nipple .. ae .. 7 units Ground to belt (front) SA .. 5 units Ground to base of hip .. .. 4% units Ground to base of knee .. .. 3} units Acrossshoulders .. . .. % units Across arm-pits.. ay .. 14 to 1? units Across waist .. nh units

From back heel to toe of fore feat 4 units

The vertical line is drawn through the middle of the ear, at an equal distance from each arm-pit, exactly between the legs where they emerge from under the skirt, and through the ball of the big toe of the back leg, the heel of the back foot being one unit from the vertical line.

In the 1st Intermediate Period (see Dendereh, Pl. IX), the height is nine head-lengths, but the other proportions vary.

Width of shoulders .- .. .. 2 units Width of waist = ae oe .. I unit Arm-pit to arm-pit 50 ao .. 2 units Shoulder to front of belt .. vs .. 2% units Ground to base of hip 3e .. 4 units Outstretched hand to hanging hand .. 5 units

Outstretched hand to body “ic .. 2 units