Egyptian sculpture

24 EGYPTIAN SCULPTURE

the ball of the big toe of the back foot, the back heel being one unit from the vertical. Though at this period the long skirt is commonly used, the short kilt of the Old Kingdom is often indicated under the longer one.

The measurements are so closely similar to those of the Old Kingdom that in many ways the canon may be considered the same, the chief difference being in the variation from the vertical.

New Kingdom

(P. 21. fig. 2.) In the New Kingdom the unit of measurement continues the same, namely, the head-length from the edge of the hair to the shoulder, a half-unit being added for the upper part of the head. The proportions of height are also the same:

Head (from hair to shoulder) ar go Te (inh Shoulder to edge of kilt .. “i .. 5 units Edge of kilt to ground... oS -. 3 units

The inner measurements differ slightly from the earlier:

Ground to arm-pit .. oF ae .. 7 units

Ground to belt (front) os -. .. 5 units Ground to base of hip 7 23 .. 4% units Ground to base of knee .. ais .. 2? units Across shoulders .. 5 oe .. 22 units Across waist Hs Pe a .. I unit

Across feet .. S16 be ae .. 32 units

The vertical line divides the head into two equal parts, passing through the ear, and is exactly midway between the arm-pits; but where the legs emerge from below the skirt, the line is considerably nearer to the back than to the front, though it cuts through the foot of the back leg in the conventional place, the heel of the back foot being one unit from the vertical.