Small objects bearing Harbor masks, for example, are divided into loop sistra, naos sistra, Hathor masks, and Harbor mask columns. |
They led their visitors through the pronaos and naos to the secos, to the holy of holies. |
Luke has Zechariah ministering not merely at the hieron, the temple complex, but in the naos, the inner sanctuary of the temple restricted to the priests. |
When fit together, as is shown here, they form a naos — a stone shrine or ark that once held the temple god. |
Its position shows it to be meant for a vestibule to the naos properly speaking. |
Several steps led to the anteroom, supported by Ionic columns, which adjoined the naos. |