The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria (1896) (14591515400)

Identifier: struggleofnation00maspuoft (find matches)
Title: The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: History, Ancient Egypt -- History Syria -- History and antiquities Assyria -- History and antiquities
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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tion not mutilated. Besides the usual species, powerful stallions were imported from Northern Syria,which were known by the Semitic name of Abiri, the strong (^Anastasi Papyrus IV., pi. xvii. 11. 8, 9 ;cf. Recueil cU Iranaiix, vol. ii. p. 146, n. 3 ; Bondi, Dem nehriiisch-ph/iniziselien Sprachzwige augehHrigeLehmcCrter in Ilieroglyphischen und Uieratischen Texlen, pp. 24-27). In the tombs of the XVIIIdynasty, the arrival of Syrian horses in Egypt is sometimes represented (Boubiant, Le TomheaudHarmhahi, pi. iv., in the M^moires de la Mission Fran^aise, vol. v. p. 422). 216 THE EIGETEENTn THEBAN DYNASTY. times one of the most important State appointments. The first chariots intro-duced into Egypt were, like the horses, of foreign origin,^ but when built byEgyptian workmen they soon become more elegant, if not stronger, than theirmodels. Lightness was tlie quality chiefly aimed at; and at length the weightwas so reduced that it was possible for a man to carry his chariot on his shoulders
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THli KGVPTIAX CHAUIOT PKESERVED IN THE FLORENCE MUSEUM. without fatigue. The materials for them were on this account limited to oakor ash and leather; metal, whether gold or silver, iron or bronze, being used butsparingly, and then only for purposes of ornamentation. The wheels usually hadsix, but sometimes eight spokes, or occasionally only four. The axle consistedof a single stout pole of acacia. The framework of the chariot was composedof two pieces of wood mortised together so as to form a semicircle or half- On ihe Masters of the Horse—Mirsusimutu—and on the place which they occupied in the EamessiJliierarohy, of. Maspero, £ludes t^gypiiennes, vol. ii. pp. yJ-41, and Brcgsoh, Die JEgyptoIogie, pp. 210,238. In the story of the conquest of Egypt by the Ethiopian Pionkhi, studs are indicated atHermopolis (11. 01-6G), at Athribis (11. lO.i, 110), in the towns to the east and in the centre of theDelta (11.111-119),and at Sais (1. i;>8). Diodorus Siculus(i. 15) relates that, in