If a complete figure were wanted, the _disjecta membra_ were put together, and the result was a statue of a man, or of a woman, kneeling, standing, seated, squatting, the arms extended or falling passively by the sides.

This curious collection was discovered at Tanis, and dates probably from Ptolemaic times.[38] Models of the Pharaonic ages are in soft limestone, and nearly all represent portraits of reigning sovereigns.

These are best described as cubes measuring about ten inches each way.

The work was begun by covering one face of a cube with a network of lines crossing each other at right angles; these regulated the relative position of the features.
Then the opposite side was attacked, the distances being taken from the scale on the reverse face.

A mere oval was designed on this first block; a projection in the middle and a depression to right and left, vaguely indicating the whereabouts of nose and eyes.