370 DESCRIPTION OF ÔÐÅ WOODCUTS.
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370, 377. Obverse and reverse of a seal-tablet in fine yellow Jasper,
bearing the name, in a cartouche, of Amenophis II., whose date is the
15th century before our era. The extremely free and natural drawing of
the bull, however, proves of itself that this intaglio cannot belong to
that remote period, or indeed to pure Egyptian art of any period, but
that it is either a Phoenician or even a Ptolemaic copy of an earlier
and ruder original. The peculiar type of horse, observable on certain
Phoenician medals also, makes me incline to the former explanation of
the parentage of this exceptionally excellent specimen of the Egyptian
style. (British Museum.)