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62).
[Illustration: Fig.

62 .-- Column with square die, Contra Esneh.] [Illustration: Fig.

63 .-- Column with campaniform capital, Ramesseum.] The column with campaniform capital is mostly employed in the middle avenue of hypostyle halls, as at Karnak, the Ramesseum, and Luxor (fig.

63); but it was not restricted to this position, for we also find it in porticoes, as at Medinet Habu, Edfu, and Philae.

The processional hall[13] of Thothmes III., at Karnak, contains one most curious variety (fig.


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