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I 12 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. Of the derived and secondary forms of the campaniform capital there are but two upon which we need here insist. The first is that which is exempHfied by the columns of a temple built by Seti I. at Sesebi, in Nubia (Fig. 93). It is very like the one at Soleb already figured (Fig. 82). The motive is the same, but the Sesebi example shows it in a more advanced stage of develop- ment. Its forms are fuller and more expressive, and the palm branches from which the idea is derived are more frankly incor- porated in the design. It is not an exact copy from nature, as at Esneh, but a good use has been made of the fundamental vegetable forms. Fig. S9. — Column at Kalabche ; from the elevation of Fri.sse. The other variation upon the same theme is a much later one ; it is to be found in the temple built by Nectanebo on the island of Philse (Fig. 94). The simplicity of the Sesebi and Soleb capitals has vanished ; the whole composition is imbued with the love for complex form which distinguished the Sait epoch. The swelling base of the column seems to spring from a bouquet of triangular leaves. The anterior face of the column is ornamented with a band of hieroglyphs ; its upper part is encircled by five smooth rings, above which, again, it is fluted. According to Prisse, who alone gives particulars as to this little building, some of the capi- tals have no ornament beyond their finely-chiselled palm-leaves ; others have half-opened lotus-flowers between each pair of leaves. Finally, the square die or abacus which supports the architrave