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istic represents the wall of a many-storied house, each having a sham 

 door cut on the face of the obelisk, and in one instance with lock and 

 bolt carved in relief. 1 Instead of having a pyramidion on top, as in the 

 Egyptian obelisk, we find some of the Abyssinian obelisks tipped with 

 a round projection with flat front and rear faces on the rim of which 

 are still visible the holes for pegs by which a metallic disk, like those 



Fig. 16. — Monolith, Abyssinia, from Bent. 



used in sabeism or sun-worship, was riveted. Bent finds at their bases 

 remains of benches or tables on which he supposes sacrifices were 

 formerly made in further support of the theory that these obelisks 

 were devoted to the solar cult. 



The monoliths of Russia, commonly called babas, or old women, 

 grannies, may be classified as colossi and are probably of Mongol 



1 The obelisk in this example represents, symbolically the habitation, the 

 temple proper, or adytum, Beth-el, or House of God. 



