There was enormous stabling for cattle; there were cellars where the amphorae were piled in regular layers (fig.

43), or hung in rows upon the walls, each with the date written on the side of the jar; there were oven-shaped granaries where the corn was poured in through a trap at the top (fig.

44), and taken out through a trap at the bottom.

At Thuku, identified with Pithom by M.
Naville,[5] the store-chambers (A) are rectangular and of different dimensions (fig.

45), originally divided by floors, and having no communication with each other.