Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 110
HE SIMPLER TEMPLES. 83 This platform was surrounded by a parapet breast-high. Round the temple was a colonnade, composedof seven square pillars on each side without capitalor base. At each end were two lotiform columns.Pillars and columns rested on the parapet, except atthe east end, where a set of… … Fig. So. —Southern terfjple of Amenhotep III. at Elephantine. opening a richly decorated doorway was visible.There was a second door at the other end underthe colonnade. Later, during the Roman period,advantage was taken of this arrangement to modifythe plan. The intercolumnar spaces at the end…
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