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a small central chamber less than 2.75 meters square. From its central 
location this would appear to have been the chief sanctuary or most sacred 
part of the temple. (See plate 6.) 
The doorway giving access to this small central chamber, moreover, is 
flanked by an elaborate design in the outer gallery, which Maudslay be- 
lieves represented a huge serpent head without lower jaws (Maudslay, 1889— 
1902, vol. 1, plate 7, a, and text p.22). Above and extending to the right and 
left of the doorway for a distance of 2.13 meters on each side, and probably 
extending above the doorway itself originally, is a frieze of seated human 
figure and glyphs. This was in a ruinous condition when found, and no 
drawing of it was made. Two fragments, now in the South Kensington 
Museum, are also figured by Maudslay (1889-1902, vol. I, plate 7, b and c). 
When entire this inner doorway must have been one of the finest in the city, 
being surpassed, indeed, only by the inner doorway of Temple 22, and 
possibly by the doorways of Temple 26. 
In the back wall of the sanctuary there is another doorway 1.83 meters 
wide and 1.22 meters deep which terminates with a step 46 cm. high down to 
the level of another small chamber at the rear. The riser of this step is 
sculptured with a row of teeth instead of the seated figures in the same 
relative position in the front gallery. Huge serpent heads also flank the 
jambs of this doorway, which extends clear through to the back of the 
temple and gives on to a narrow terrace overlooking the Western Court. 
The jambs of the two outer doorways, 1.¢., in both the northern and 
southern facades, are inscribed with panels of glyphs. (See plate 6.) 
Unfortunately, the north and south exterior walls suffered most heavily 
when the roof collapsed, and the positions of the individual blocks in 
these mosaics are sometimes difficult to determine. Much, of course, is lost 
forever, but the writer drew what was left in 1915, at which time he was 
able to restore a few blocks to their original positions. (See plate 29.) 
Maudslay only partially excavated this temple (see his map, vol. 1 of text, 
p. 21) and there are doubtless other chambers to the east and west of the 
central gallery running through the building. Indeed, he shows two door- 
ways in the latter leading into interior rooms. (See plate 6.) 
We have, then, in Temple 11, two groups of glyphs available for study:! 
(1) the panel on the step in the outer gallery, now in the South Kensington 
Museum, and (2) the four panels on the jambs of the two exterior doorways. 
The panel on the step in the outer gallery is sculptured with a design 
of 20 human figures, each seated cross-legged on a glyph-block. The ten to 
the right face to the left and the ten to the left face to the right; the two 
central figures face a panel of eight glyph-blocks arranged in two columns. 
This makes 10+8+10=28 glyphs for the entire text. These figures are of 
the same type as the one on Stela B, figure 36, and also as those on Altars 



1 Originally there were probably three other inscriptions in this temple, all of which are now too fragmentary 
to be deciphered: (1) the three steps in front of the temple; (2) the glyphs over the north doorway of the sanc- 
tuary; (3) the glyphs over the south doorway of the sanctuary. 
