Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (9.1997(1998))

corridors were also provided with jambed entrances. There is
a small chamber accessed through a jambed passageway in the
southeastern wall of the central sanctuary chamber. No attempts
have been made to locate the temenos wall or any other structures
outside the temple.
No traces of inner or outer plastering were found, but there
are traces of floor plastering. All the above-ground blocks are badly
eroded due to wind action. The colonnaded portico in the southern
part of the temple is preserved only in its lowest foundation
courses. Large-scale excavations are needed to reconstruct the
original plan of this part of the temple. The four column bases of
which three have been already exposed and one was unearthed in
1997, have an average diameter of 70 cm.
The comers of the temple were rounded to form engaged
columns. The layout of the temple is perfectly recognizable in its
northern part. Almost all the architecturally important elements can
be seen on the surface. Two circular sockets, drilled apparently in
order to accommodate the timber legs of an altar, were found in the
northern part of the central nave of the sanctuary.
The southern extent of the walls marked on the master plan is
highly conjectural. However, the existence of the outer SW wall,
perpendicular to the outer SE wall of the temple, is suggested by
a huge comer(?) bloc that was cleared in 1997.
The remarkable state of preservation of the foundation
courses of the northern part of the temple stands in contrast to the
dilapidated southern end which resembles on the master plan
a courtyard with some rearranged blocks in the middle. This
isolated formation of reused blocks (the dovetailed blocks were put
without their counterparts) could be what remains of a church
which was probably accommodated in the southern part of the
temple.

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