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Świątynia królowej Hatszepsut w Deir el Bahari : wyniki badań architektonicznych północnego portyku środkowego dziedzińca

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Wysocki Z.

Ochrona Zabytków

1989

issue 2

167-176

The article describes the state of preservation of the portico and the results of architectonic studies. Basing on the architectonic module present in the composition of the sanctuary, as well as on other traces preserved in the structure, the author analyzes the causes that led to deviations in ancient times in the realization of this element of the structure from the regular modular grid binding at the time of its construction, in the case of several of the portico's components. Hitherto conducted research defined the described portico as the last element of the sanctuary that was under construction, basing this view on its uncompleted and undecorated state preserved to this day. The explanation provided was the death of Queen Hatshepsut and the interruption of construction work because of this. In the light of research conducted by the author, the portico was not the last, but one of the subsequent elements of the sanctuary, which was elevated in two principal phases and in many stages. The reason for it remaining uncompleted was not the queen's death, but the collision that took place during construction work, between the raised portico and the tomb from the 11th dynasty existing in the area of its localization. In this situation the ancient constructor was forced to make deviations in the realization of the project on the modular grid, changing the position of the portico columns and abandoning the realization of one of the formerly planned chapels. In spite of this, in the end construction work had to be abandoned, from fear of leading to a catastrophe. For these reasons the portico has remained uncompleted and undecorated to this day. The research carried out has also made it possible to exclude the hitherto suggested secondary use of sandstone architraves from the neighbouring Mentuhotep sanctuary of the 11th dynasty, for the portico constructed during the times of Hatshepsut.

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1 1989

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Świątynia królowej Hatszepsut w Deir el Bahari : wyniki badań architektonicznych północnego portyku środkowego dziedzińca