The columns of the outer row are retained, but built into a wall reaching to about half their height.

This connecting wall is surmounted by a cornice, which thus forms a screen, and so prevented the outer throng from seeing what took place within (fig.

82).

The pronaos is supported by two, three, or even four rows of columns, according to the size of the edifice.

For the rest, it is useful to compare the plan of the temple of Edfu (fig.