Hallo Nauna Vielleicht hilft dir dieser Abstrakt aus "Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists Rhodes 2008"1 bei der Spurensuche etwas weiter: Architecture of the temple of Tuthmosis III at Deir El-Bahari. Some remarks on the Hypostyle Hall Rafal Czerner The monograph on architecture of the temple of Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahari was presented by J. LIPIŃSKA in 1977, soon after the archaeological excavations concluded (Deir el-Bahari II, The temple of Tuthmosis III Architecture, Warsaw 1977). The architectural research continued, however, resulting in corrections to the initial theoretical reconstruction, mainly to the temple’s general plan, published in 1992 (cf. R. CZERNER and S. MEDEKSZA, in: Sixth International Congress of Egyptology, Turin 1992). The present study aims at adding some more observations about the roof structure of the temple Hypostyle Hall, in particular its central part. This section of the roof was supported by higher and stronger columns than the rest of the hall. This was so, because the hall represents the basilical arrangement – one of the first in Egyptian architecture (cf. G. HAENY, Basilikale Anlagen in der Ägyptischen Baukunst des Neuen Reiches, Bf 9, Wiesbaden 1970). The different sizes of columns, larger intercolumniations, bigger architraves, and thicker and longer ceiling slabs obviously had to be elements of a separate structure, different from that of the hall’s lower section though not structurally independent. This is because its peripheral supports had to be laid on the roof of the lower level. They had thus to match the schema of column distances, not simply according to the logic of the central part. This was the weak point of LIPIŃSKA’S reconstruction in which the peripheral supports were not always above the columns of the hall’s lower section but sometimes mid-way between them. This was soon corrected in the review by D. ARNOLD (The Temple of Tuthmosis III, Architecture..., OLZ 75/2, 1980, 111-122), who sug¬gested that the ceiling slabs of this section of the hall must have surrounded it fanwise. The architraves of this part thus could only have been put in a circumferential way, with no architraves linking the two circumferences. This, however, seems an unlikely arrangement. The ties were structurally necessary and one such probably linking architrave is preserved, whose sharpened ends were obviously designed to be inserted into V-shaped recesses in the two adjacent ar¬chitraves. Later studies showed that the central part of the hall was longer in the north-south direction - perpendicular to the temple’s main axis. That is, it comprised 12 columns in two rows, not merely 8 as was initially reconstructed by LIPIŃSKA. In such a developed array it seems even less probable that the two circumferences of architraves could be left untied. The present study aims to reconstruct the most reasonable scheme for the roof of the central part of the hall from the point of view of construc¬tion, which allows all the preserved parts of architraves to find their logical places. This is particularly important since these pieces, although not very numerous, neverthe¬less present quite a variety of kinds and dimensions. We also find preserved, ceiling slabs of considerable size; three column bases; and parts of some other elements. Precise measurement of the column arrangement in both the high-central and low-side sections of the hall could also serve as a basis for study. It shows the pattern where two concentric perimeters of the architraves in the central section would have been tied with two parallel rows oriented east-west, each composed of three architraves in line. Exact measurement confirms this reconstruction, which is also supported by the decoration of the preserved architraves that could accord with the presented array. Some doubts have also arisen about the idea for the roof structure of the hall’s lower section as reconstructed by Lipińska. It should be mentioned however that due to the lack of material for broader architectural research, the only additional data has been obtained from the study of wall decoration. This will soon be presented by J. WIERCIŃSKA. From her earlier research (cf. J. WIERCIŃSKA, ET XVI, 1992, 264-269) we heard for the first time about the widening of the main doorway leading from the Hypostyle to the Bark Hall. This could either be the result of changing the building design or of later alterations. Other transformations of the structure in the area of the hypostyle hall can also be demonstrated. These findings will also be presented by J. WIERCIŃSKA. Here it suffices to underline that the suggested reconstruction supports these changes
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