Capart, Jean, 1877-1947 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 208
of mastiff, strong and powerful, which was employed in lion-hunting^ ; and also a breed of large running dogs, of slender build, with pendant ears, the head much like our modern foxhound, and with a coat either black and white, or white and reddish brown. ^ It is to this class of animal that the… … Fig. 145. — Part of an Ivory Figure of a Dog. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. They are specially interesting from the analogy they present with European figures'' (Fig. 144). These are almost all the examples of this species which have been found. ^ Petrie, Abydos, ii. pi. ii. 13. Ouibell, Hierakonpolis,…
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