DOI article:
Lipińska, Jadwiga: Deir el-Bahari: Tuthmosis III Temple 1994
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26424#0064
necessary to restore 33 blocks; 11 still remain for restorers to treat
during the coming seasons. The restored section of the wall will
measure 6.5 m in lenght and 2.5 m in height.
RESTORATION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENTS /N 57717
The reinforcing and consolidation of the bases of polygonal
columns was continued in the northern half of the Hypostyle Hall.
Also some of the preserved lower parts of the columns were
treated, since their thick layer of whitewash along with hieratic
graffiti from Ramesside times had started to disintegrate after the
heavy rains two years ago.
The most important task of the past season was the
conservation and subsequent anastylosis of one of the columns.
After the four preserved drums of the column were raised, it
become the highest of the temple elements m .sfnq measuring
nearly 3 m.
The steps of a short stairway leading from the Hypostyle
Hall to the Bark Hall were consolidated and reinforced; also the
stone foundation below and near the granite doorway was treated
in preparation for future restoration of the doorway.
STUDIES ON THE FRAGMENTARY RELIEFS
Studies concentrated upon fitting in newly identified
elements into the theoretical reconstruction of the scenes decorating
the walls of the Bark Hall and three other spaces in the western
part of the temple. The main part of the work on the sequence of
scenes in the Bark Hall has been completed. Actual reconstruction
work on the decorations were accompanied by the drawing and
photographing of the fragments.
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during the coming seasons. The restored section of the wall will
measure 6.5 m in lenght and 2.5 m in height.
RESTORATION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENTS /N 57717
The reinforcing and consolidation of the bases of polygonal
columns was continued in the northern half of the Hypostyle Hall.
Also some of the preserved lower parts of the columns were
treated, since their thick layer of whitewash along with hieratic
graffiti from Ramesside times had started to disintegrate after the
heavy rains two years ago.
The most important task of the past season was the
conservation and subsequent anastylosis of one of the columns.
After the four preserved drums of the column were raised, it
become the highest of the temple elements m .sfnq measuring
nearly 3 m.
The steps of a short stairway leading from the Hypostyle
Hall to the Bark Hall were consolidated and reinforced; also the
stone foundation below and near the granite doorway was treated
in preparation for future restoration of the doorway.
STUDIES ON THE FRAGMENTARY RELIEFS
Studies concentrated upon fitting in newly identified
elements into the theoretical reconstruction of the scenes decorating
the walls of the Bark Hall and three other spaces in the western
part of the temple. The main part of the work on the sequence of
scenes in the Bark Hall has been completed. Actual reconstruction
work on the decorations were accompanied by the drawing and
photographing of the fragments.
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