The entrances and some portions of the chambers were ornamented with the customary sculptured slabs, representing here none but religious subjects.

No great proportion of the interior, however, was covered in this way, the walls being in general only plastered and then painted with figures or patterns.

Externally, enamelled bricks were used as a decoration wherever sculptured slabs did not hide the crude brick.
[Illustration: PLATE 55] Much the sane doubts and difficulties beset the subjects of the roofing and lighting of the temples as those which have been discussed already in connection with the palaces.

Though the span of the temple-chambers is less than that of the great palace halls, still it is considerable, sometimes exceeding thirty feet.

No effort seems made to keep the temple-chambers narrow, for their width is sometimes as much as two-thirds of their length.