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FLUTED SHAFTS 323
South of the ' Hall of the Colonnades V Further evidence was afforded impres-
by the discovery during the explorations of 1929, on the lower terrace, Stings
N.E., of the Eastern Portico, of a lump of clay plaster bearing the impressions °" clay
of two sections of wooden shaft with convex flutings. (SeeSuppl. PI. XXXV/.)
These impressions partly overlapped one another, showing that the shafts
were already displaced at the time when they left their record on the plastic
material. According to Mr. Piet de Jong's calculation the flutings had
originally numbered 28 and the diameter df the shaft at the point where the
impressions are.best preserved would have been 35 centimetres. It will be
shown below2 that the impressions left of wooden colonnettes, belonging to
a canopy in the first Section West of the ' Hall of the Double Axes', afford
further examples of the concave class illustrated on a larger scale in the
Lustral Area, of the ' Little Palace '.3 The reeded form, derived from the
upright sheaves of papyrus stalks used as supports for shanties on the Nile
banks,—the origin of the Egyptian column,—was doubtless the earlier, and
convex fluting is simply due to its reversal as seen in the stucco impressions.
Reconstitution of Upper Elements of ' Hall of the Double Axes'
and covering over of Floor Space.
In dealing with the Hall above, it has been already shown that the upper ' Hall of
part of the inner piers of the ' Hall of the Double Axes' above the jambs of A°es'^
the triple line of doorways had maintained their cohesion to such a degree that fl,oor
ii, , ■ r • , 1. 1 • 1 above
they had supported, in a series 01 instances, the corresponding door-jambs recon-
above, though, owing to the carbonization of cross-beams, these had sunk st,tute ■
somewhat beneath their original position. These upper elements, including
remains of pavement, had perforce, in the course of excavation, to be
temporarily removed, but in accordance with the scheme of reconstitution
executed for me by Mr. Piet de Jong in 1928 with the help of the new facilities
afforded by ferro-concrete, they have been replaced at their proper level, the
pavement above being restored, so that the whole floor-space of the Hall
below, to the borders of its outer colonnades, has been roofed over.
This consummation, for which I had not at first dared to hope, will, it is Gypsum
to be trusted, save from final ruin the remains of the gypsum pavement that 0f lower
at the time of excavation still covered almost the whole ground floor of the HaU thus
. Pre"
Hall as far as the outer borders of the colonnades and which was in a state of served.
rapid deterioration from the effects of autumn and winter rains. It has also
given effectual protection to such parts of the gypsum dadoes as still clung to
1 P. o/M, i, p. 344. ? See p. 333 seqq.
3 Ibid., ii, Pt. II, pp. 521-3 and Figs. 323, 324.
Y 2
South of the ' Hall of the Colonnades V Further evidence was afforded impres-
by the discovery during the explorations of 1929, on the lower terrace, Stings
N.E., of the Eastern Portico, of a lump of clay plaster bearing the impressions °" clay
of two sections of wooden shaft with convex flutings. (SeeSuppl. PI. XXXV/.)
These impressions partly overlapped one another, showing that the shafts
were already displaced at the time when they left their record on the plastic
material. According to Mr. Piet de Jong's calculation the flutings had
originally numbered 28 and the diameter df the shaft at the point where the
impressions are.best preserved would have been 35 centimetres. It will be
shown below2 that the impressions left of wooden colonnettes, belonging to
a canopy in the first Section West of the ' Hall of the Double Axes', afford
further examples of the concave class illustrated on a larger scale in the
Lustral Area, of the ' Little Palace '.3 The reeded form, derived from the
upright sheaves of papyrus stalks used as supports for shanties on the Nile
banks,—the origin of the Egyptian column,—was doubtless the earlier, and
convex fluting is simply due to its reversal as seen in the stucco impressions.
Reconstitution of Upper Elements of ' Hall of the Double Axes'
and covering over of Floor Space.
In dealing with the Hall above, it has been already shown that the upper ' Hall of
part of the inner piers of the ' Hall of the Double Axes' above the jambs of A°es'^
the triple line of doorways had maintained their cohesion to such a degree that fl,oor
ii, , ■ r • , 1. 1 • 1 above
they had supported, in a series 01 instances, the corresponding door-jambs recon-
above, though, owing to the carbonization of cross-beams, these had sunk st,tute ■
somewhat beneath their original position. These upper elements, including
remains of pavement, had perforce, in the course of excavation, to be
temporarily removed, but in accordance with the scheme of reconstitution
executed for me by Mr. Piet de Jong in 1928 with the help of the new facilities
afforded by ferro-concrete, they have been replaced at their proper level, the
pavement above being restored, so that the whole floor-space of the Hall
below, to the borders of its outer colonnades, has been roofed over.
This consummation, for which I had not at first dared to hope, will, it is Gypsum
to be trusted, save from final ruin the remains of the gypsum pavement that 0f lower
at the time of excavation still covered almost the whole ground floor of the HaU thus
. Pre"
Hall as far as the outer borders of the colonnades and which was in a state of served.
rapid deterioration from the effects of autumn and winter rains. It has also
given effectual protection to such parts of the gypsum dadoes as still clung to
1 P. o/M, i, p. 344. ? See p. 333 seqq.
3 Ibid., ii, Pt. II, pp. 521-3 and Figs. 323, 324.
Y 2