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METALLURGY. 353 Africans, all are brought together into this narrow space, for no more definite purpose than the amusement of the spectator. On a bowl from Dali (Fig. 272) we find, not a warlike operation but a military promenade, perhaps a triumph analagous to those sculptured on the walls of so many Theban temples. 1 FIG. 272. Patera from Dali. Diameter 9$ inches. Louvre. The most important group in the procession is that immediately to the left of the fracture. Here we may recognise the king, in Egyptian costume, standing upright in his chariot ; behind him 1 See Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. I. Fig. 254. VOL. II.
