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by a low mud-brick wall, some 0.40 m wide,
is located in front of it.
On the floor by the southern face of the
altar, remains of a nearly complete incense
burner were found. It was made of thickly
plastered, unbaked clay [Fig, 17] in the shape
of a small column, 0.73 m high. The
diameter ranges from 0.26 m at the base to
0.18m near the top. A small oval bowl about
0.14 m deep and approximately 0.23 m in
diameter was worked into the top surface.
In the western part of the room, not far
from the entrance, there was a kind of a
freestanding partition wall running perpen-
dicularly across the room. It was 4.40 m long
and 0.80 wide. The southern end touched on
the wall of the room, while the northern one
finished about half a meter before the
northern wall. Thus, it divided the room into
a larger, “main” part in the east with the altar
and the hearth, and a smaller space to the
west measuring approx. 1.70 by 4.50 m.


Fig. 15. General view of the Southern Templefrom the south
(Photo A. Reiche)


Fig. 14. General plan of the Southern Temple
and its surroundings
(Drawing M. Momot)

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