24/124 Later on, as we approach the Ptolemaic period, the date and the half-unfolded lotus were added to the palm-branches (fig. 64 .-- Inverted campaniform capital, Karnak.] [Illustration: Fig. 65 .-- Palm capital, Bubastis.] [Illustration: Fig. 66 .-- Compound capital.] Under the Ptolemies and the Caesars the capital became a complete basket of flowers and leaves, ranged row above row, and painted in the brightest colours (fig. |