The Sculptor\\\'s Models of the Late and Ptolemaic Periods A Study of the Type and Function of a Group of Ancient Egyptian Artefacts
This important study looks at a group of so-called sculptors & models from the Late and Ptolemaic periods, which may have formed an essential part of the teaching and learning process in the sculptors & workshops or may simply have been votive objects for worship or petition in the temples. The objects are sculptures in the round or reliefs. Most of them are fairly small - measuring an average of 10 to 30 cm - but occasionally they may measure up to 60 cm. Usually, they are of limestone, but a few are of hard stone, wood, or plaster. The range of subjects is limited mainly to individual figures, or parts of full figures, of gods, goddesses, kings, queens, priests, non-royal male and female persons, animals, and architectural elements