12/124 The ordinary roofing consists of flat paving slabs. When the space between the walls was not too wide, these slabs bridged it over at a single stretch; otherwise the roof had to be supported at intervals, and the wider the space the more these supports needed to be multiplied. The supports were connected by immense stone architraves, on which the roofing slabs rested. 56.--"Corbelled" arch, temple of Seti I.at Abydos.] The supports are of two types,--the pillar and the column. Some are cut from single blocks. |