Mariette, Auguste; Dickerman, Lysander [Editor]: The monuments of Upper Egypt (Boston, 1890)

196 THE MONUMENTS OF UPPER EGYPT.

The second pylon (N) is in such a state of
ruin that its plan is hardly discernihle ; it dates
from the time of Thothmes I.; the portal which
stands before it was constructed by Thothmes
IV., and was altered under the XXVth dynasty
by Sabacon.

Of the two obelisks attached to the pylon of
Thothmes I., one only remains standing, its
four sides being decorated with three columns
of hieroglyphs. The central column contains
nothing but the names and titles of the royal
founder of the pylon, while those on each side
show us some rather confused cartouches,
among which the names of Rameses VI. may be
noticed somewhat indistinctly engraved over
those of Rameses IV. Upon the many frag-
ments of the fallen obelisk which strew the
ground may still be read the legends of Thoth-
mes III.

The Hall of Caryatides (O). — This might
equally well be called the Hall of the Obelisks,
or of the Fourteen Columns. The construction
of this part of the temple belongs to Thothmes
I. The two pylons by which it was shut in to
the east and to the west were standing, as well
as the fourteen columns, when the celebrated