THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN and the total length of the building is about 115 feet. The measurements here given are substantially those of Hoskins. who differs frequently from Cailliaud, and it must be understood that they are only approximately correct. Accurate measurements could only be obtained by clearing the whole site. The breadth of the temple was about 50 feet,and Hoskins supposed the pylon to be about 11 feet deep, and 62 feet wide. In front of the pylon there appears to have been some building, perh ips a portico, the roof of which was supported by four pillars. Beyond the pylon is a court containing sixteen columns, arranged in double rows, a double row being on each side of the pathway ; beyond this court is a second, with eight columns, also arranged in double rows.

According to Hoskins, these two courts formed " a portico, 59 feet long, and 50 feet 2 inches wide ; " Cailliaud and Lepsius, however, found traces of the wall which divided the two courts, and they are still visible. The columns which stood immediately on each side of the path were rectangular, and v/ere ornamented with full-length reliefs of the god Bes, wearing lofty plumes ; these columns were about 17 feet high, the height of the figure of Bes on each was 12 feet 4 inches, and the diameter of the column was 4 feet 3 inches.

The rows of columns which stood between the Bes columns were somewhat higher (17 feet 6 inches), but their diameters were only 3 feet 6 inches, and they stood on round instead of square bases. Each column had a Hathor-headed capital, and it is interesting to note that the faces of the goddess looked towards the walls of the temple, which, according to Hoskins, were only about 5 feet 6 inches high. Had the Hathor faces been placed on the north and south sides of the capitals, it is clear they would have been hidden by the Bes columns which stood in front of them.

After passing through the second court, the path le:ids into a small chamber hewn in the living rock ; on each side of the path stood a rectangular column ornamented with a figure of Bes, and inscribed with the names and titles of Tirhakah. On the portions of the cornice which still remain runs an inscription which records the king's devotion to the ram-headed god Amen and his consort Mut, the lady of Ta kenset, or Nubia, and several of Tirhjikrih's titles. On the walls are the remains of a 134 i