East Side

On the east side of the courtyard were twelve shrines that are probably representative of the Delta. They too had vaulted roofs, with a but are not as wide and have no columns. There is also a distinctive fan-shaped cornice. The prototype was probably made of mud brick, wooden poles and

Chapels on the East Side of the Heb Sed Court

reed matting. The small forecourt and bent axis approach are the same as for the shrines opposite and the cult rooms are similar but there are no statue niches. The temple form that symbolized theDelta was the per nu, which does have a vaulted roof but whose side posts extend well above it. That is not the case here. Nor does the per nu have the fan-shaped cornice that these chapels do.

Feet of four statues found in the Heb Sed Court

The entrance, which leads to a small chamber with a niche, is on the south side of the building rather than the front. In the last chapel, at the north end of the row, was the truncated feet of a group of two adults and two children, perhaps statues of Djoser and his chief queen as rulers of Upper and Lower Egypt or perhaps the royal family.