Fig. 114.—Part of the Hypostyle Hall in the Great Temple at Karnak.
The combination of quadrangular with Osiride piers and of the latter with columns proper was also productive of great variety. In the speos of Gherf-Hossein six Osiride piers are inclosed by six of quadrangular section (Fig. [116]). In the first court at Medinet-Abou a row of Osiride piers faces a row of columns (Fig. [117]), while in the second court there is a much more complicated arrangement. The lateral walls of the court are prefaced each by a row of columns. The wall next the entrance has a row of Osiride piers before it; while that through which the pronaos is gained has a portico supported by, first, a row of Osiride piers, and, behind them, by a row of columns (Fig. [118]).
Fig. 115.—Second Hypostyle Hall in the temple of Abydos. Description, iv. 36.
Fig. 116.—Hall in the speos of Gherf-Hossein (from Prisse).
Fig. 117.—Medinet-Abou; first court.
