There were technical multiples of engraving employed by the Egyptians of the Antiquité.
Low-reliefs
In the Low-relief S, engraving is detached slightly from the bottom. For that, one removes matter, except in the parts constituting the reasons. This technique is so current that one often associates (wrongly) the word low-relief with all the techniques of Egyptian engravings.
High reliefs
In the high reliefs, engraving is detached clearly from the bottom (three quarters of volume). It is a technique which thus requires much more work than the others.
In the image opposite, the god Re, represented with a head of raptor, is engraved in high relief. On both sides, the Pharaon Ramsès {{II}} making offering of Maât is, him, in relief in hollow.
Reliefs in hollow
The technique of the Relief in hollow consists in creating volumes by in-depth digging. The most projecting parts normally are dug most deeply. Appeared with the time amarnienne, the reliefs in hollow will remain during the period ramesside. It is the least expensive technique. It has also the advantage “of hanging” the light well and thus is often preferred with the others for the reliefs exposed in the light of the day.
Sometimes one finds, in the same scene, reliefs in hollows associated with low-reliefs.
First example
One could use the relief like a mould. If one pours plaster or gold, one obtains a moulding which resembles the model.
Second example
Very current alternative:
Here, the relief is in the wall, it does not exceed any. The relief is given by marking contours of the reasons, which is much simpler than to release all surface around the subject as for the low-reliefs and high reliefs.
Tools
See also: Tools in ancient Egypt
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