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THE
ROCK
TOMBS
OF
EL
AMARNA.
it
seems
that
this
row
was
linked
by
a
dwarf
wall
(corniced),
and
it
must
be
this
that
is
shown
like
a
pillar
between
the
last
column
and
the
end
(top)
wall.
A
little
three-roomed
building
is
placed
under
the
colonnade
at
this
end,
and
another
close
by
it
in
the
open
court.
The
two
pictures
in
Meryra's
tomb,
however,
show
arrangements
which
differ
considerably
from
this
and
partially
from
one
another,
but
agree
in
the
number
of
columns.
Huya's
colonnaded
court
(III.
x.;
L.
D.
iii.
101),
if
identical
with
it,
shows
a
greater
divergence.
While
the
first
two
pictures
represent
a
colonnaded
space
which
does
not
occupy
the
whole
of
the
court,
Huya's
court
is
completely
colonnaded,
the
little
door
and
the
dividing
wall
having
disappeared.
The
plans
in
Pane-
HP
IKfp
If
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aJf
i.
xxv.
I.
zii.
iii.
x.
(L.
D.
iii.
102)
Colonnaded
Court.
hesy
and
Huya
(earliest
and
latest),
though
di¬
vergent,
are
both
simple
and
in
accordance
with
Egyptian
architecture.
Those
of
Meryra
are
themselves
divergent
and
difficult
to
reconstruct
intelligently.
The
simplest
explanation
is
to
suppose
a
complete
change
of
this
court
during
the
interval,
and
that
I.
x.A
and
I.
xxv.
reflect
either
the
progress
of
the
change
(or
changes),
or
a
compromise
between
the
final
form
and
the
original
plans.
I
suggest
then,
that
after
the
court
had
been
built
with
a
simple
colonnade
of
sixteen
columns
on
one
side,
it
was
decided
to
turn
it
into
a
place
of
adoration
of
royal
statues,
with
a
colonnade
round
all
four
sides.
If
the
plan
in
Huya's
tomb
does
not
represent
the
court
in
question,
we
should
still
have
to
suppose
a
change
in
construction
from
the
8
by
2
colonnade
of
II.
xix.
to
one
6
by
4
(I.
xxv.),
oi
t
>
by
3(1.
xii.),
with
gaps
in
the
inner
rows,
forming
an
irregular
hypostyle
hall
within
this
court.
The
Remaining
Courts.—The
fourth
court
only
contains
a
few
offering-tables
and
seems
to
be
a
mere
forecourt
to
the
succeeding
two,
which
are
furnished
in
an
almost
exactly
similar
way.
A
great
altar
(ascended
by
steps
in
II.
xix.
?)
occupies
the
centre
of
each
court
and
is
piled
high
with
varied
meat
and
drink
offerings,
&c.
Round
the
walls
are
sixteen
little
magazines,1
each
having
its
table
and
lamp-stand.
The
vacant
spaces
of
the
court
are
set
out
with
small
altars,
and
-with
stands
containing
the
materials,
vessels,
and
vestments
used
in
the
various
ceremonials.
With
this
court
the
end
of
this
sanctuary
is
reached.
In
order
to
enter
the
building
which
lies
behind,
the
suite
of
courts
must
be
re-
traversed
to
the
gates
and
one
of
the
side
avenues
taken.
B.
The
Lesser
Sanctuary.
The
Court.—
The
gateway
to
the
smaller
sanctuary
lies
at
the
back
of
the
larger
building,
but
in
the
same
axis.
In
front
of
it
are
the
offerings
and
lavers
already
mentioned.
It
admitted,
like
that
of
the
first
temple,
to
an
open
court,
in
the
midst
of
which
the
building
stood.
The
uses
to
which
this
space
was
devoted
are
manifest
from
the
various
drawings,
which
differ
but
little,
and
evidently
follow
a
common
exemplar.
On
the
left
hand
of
the
gateway
was
a
great
stela
set
on
a
high
pedestal
and
reached
by
a
flight
of
steps
or
a
ramp.
Of
this
stela,
which
may
have
been
the
"
Bcnben
"
(I.
xxx.),
we
perhaps
possess
fragments
found
on
the
site,
and
showing
figures
of
the
King,
Queen,
and
princesses.3
By
the
side
of
the
pedestal
was
a
sitting
statue
of
the
King
(coloured
black
in
II.
xix.;
omitted
in
I.
x.a
;
possibly
accompanied
by
others
in
III.
xxx.).
By
the
side
of
the
temple
here
were
set,
as
in
The
number
eight
seems
to
be
favoured.
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