ABSTRACT
The fifth gate leads into a little court with four pillars with foliage capitals, screen-walls connecting the pillars with one another. A sixth pylon, smaller than the others was apparently the entrance to the temple proper; it was erected by Hatshepsut or by her successor Tehutmes III, and gives access to a hall, the roof of which is supported by two sixteen-sided pillars. Two of the three granite altars which stand in the middle of the hall are inscribed; the centre one by Tehutmes III, while that on the south is of Amenemhat I of the Xllth dynasty; this is the last remaining trace of the shrine of the Middle Kingdom. The sanctuary lies in the mam axis of the temple and
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opensfromthehall;initstandsadamagedstatueof Ptah,probablyofthesamedateasthetempleitself. ThereliefsonthewallsareofscenesofworshipofPtah andHathorbyTehutmesIII.
