DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Lipińska, Jadwiga: Tuthmosis III temple 1995: by Jadwiga Lipińska
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26390#0082
Bases of great, 32-sided columns in the middie of the
Hypostyie Hah were consolidated (bases I and II), as well as a base
and lower part of the drum of one column in the Bark Hall.
The process has been applied before and tested to be
efficient. The reinforced concrete foundation slabs were made
below the original parts, and protected with paraloid B-72. The
previously removed original parts of the bases were replaced after
treatment. All the original elements were stabilized on the
foundation using mortar (based on white cement) and small stones.
Missing parts were replaced with new sandstone elements.
Since only three of the original twelve polygonal columns
have survived the destruction of the temple, another base was
partly reconstructed on the spot of one that had surely stood there
once, in order to mark their original position more clearly to
visitors (no. IV)
Studies on the preserved fragments of the 32-sided columns
resulted in establishing the fact that no such columns or their larger
parts can ever be re-erected. The surviving elements are too scarce
and fragmentary. So, in order to use the existing larger parts of the
drums of such columns, it was decided to arrange them on their
original bases in such a way, that it would be immediately clear to
the viewer that they are not reconstructed, but simply stored.
Large parts of the northern jamb of the granite doorway
were re-assembled and thus prepared for the reconstruction of the
entire jamb, planned for the future. The fragments were glued
together with Araldite resin and reinforced with stainless steel
clamps and net.
Three more bases of the 16-sided columns and one of a 32-
sided column can be consolidated . Affer the re-erection of the
granite doorway jambs and final arrangement of the site, the work
will have been finished.
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Hypostyie Hah were consolidated (bases I and II), as well as a base
and lower part of the drum of one column in the Bark Hall.
The process has been applied before and tested to be
efficient. The reinforced concrete foundation slabs were made
below the original parts, and protected with paraloid B-72. The
previously removed original parts of the bases were replaced after
treatment. All the original elements were stabilized on the
foundation using mortar (based on white cement) and small stones.
Missing parts were replaced with new sandstone elements.
Since only three of the original twelve polygonal columns
have survived the destruction of the temple, another base was
partly reconstructed on the spot of one that had surely stood there
once, in order to mark their original position more clearly to
visitors (no. IV)
Studies on the preserved fragments of the 32-sided columns
resulted in establishing the fact that no such columns or their larger
parts can ever be re-erected. The surviving elements are too scarce
and fragmentary. So, in order to use the existing larger parts of the
drums of such columns, it was decided to arrange them on their
original bases in such a way, that it would be immediately clear to
the viewer that they are not reconstructed, but simply stored.
Large parts of the northern jamb of the granite doorway
were re-assembled and thus prepared for the reconstruction of the
entire jamb, planned for the future. The fragments were glued
together with Araldite resin and reinforced with stainless steel
clamps and net.
Three more bases of the 16-sided columns and one of a 32-
sided column can be consolidated . Affer the re-erection of the
granite doorway jambs and final arrangement of the site, the work
will have been finished.
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