Copy of the Asokan inscription on the pillar at Lauriya-Nandangarh, with a small drawing of the lion capital and elevation of the pillar with measurements. Artist(s): Rind, James Nathaniel (d. 1814)
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Copy of the Asokan inscription on the pillar at Lauriya-Nandangarh, with a small drawing of the lion capital and elevation of the pillar with measurements. Pencil and pen and ink; 59 by 87.5 cm. Note: The drawing is of interest as an early record of the pillar giving measurements above and bel...
View in the quarries at Hager Silsilis. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 38 1857' in the negative (date partially cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along the rock face in the quarries at Gebel el-Silsila, with the entrance to a rock-cut temple and a large inscribed tablet carved in a massive boulder in the fo...
The Temple of Goorneh, Thebes. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of two massive columns on the left side of the portico of the Temple of Sethos or Seti I at Qurna, showing the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the face of the wall behind: 'This temple is, exteriorly, one of the l...
Sculptured gateway, etc., Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south, looking towards the propylon decorated with hieroglyphics, of the Temple of Khons at Karnak, with part of the avenue of headless sphinxes in the foreground. Beyond is the pylon of the temple and...