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 The Principal Conventions in Egyptian Sculpture. 309 requires from a material which is neither too hard nor too soft — such as marble ; but the rocks from which the Egyptians struck their finest work do not lend themselves kindly to the chisel. To Fig. 253. — Painting at Thebes (Champollion, pi. i6i). obtain the effects required they had to expend as much time and patience upon them as upon their works of architecture. But in spite of the industry and skill of workmen who did not count