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a sort of side entrance to the middle court, and is shown as such in his tentative plan
of the precinct. Almost fifty years later, when the Princeton Expedition reached Sf, it
was found that some of the debris had been removed from the heap, revealing the
fact that the exposed jamb was not a part of an entrance to the precinct, for its thresh-
old is nearly 2 m. higher than the pavement of the middle court, but the doorway
of a temple the greater part of which had been built upon a substructure rising from
the steep slope below, and had fallen down the hill. The front wall of the podium
of the building, however, and the lower courses of its front wall and portico remained
in situ. When the remaining debris had been removed from these, it was discovered
that a substantially correct plan of the temple could be made, and that, from the
architectural details lying about, a restoration of the facade could be drawn which would
be correct in its principal features. A drawing of the ruin in the actual state in which
it was found, a plan, and a restoration of the facade, are given in Ill. 335; while
measured drawings of the more important details are given in Ill. 336, and a few pho-
tographs are presented in Ill. 337. The ground-plan (Ill. 335) was unmistakably of the
same type as that of the temple of Ba'al Shamin, although it is not similar in all
details, and is on a somewhat smaller scale, its facade being a little over 15 m. wide
as opposed to 19 m. in the other temple. But here we have again the outer wall and
the interior cella with a passage between them. Again we have the distyle entrance, but
not the recessed porch of the temple of Bacal Shamin. Here the two columns stand
between half-columns at the ends of walls that extend from the angles of the building
to the line of the interior cella, and the passage behind the columns is continuous with
the passage around the cella. The cella has but one doorway; its front wall and parts
of its two side walls are in situ. The location of the rear portion of the outer wall
of the temple was determined from foundations well down the slope; the outer walls
formed a square. The rear wall of the inner cella could not be found. The passage
between the columns and the cella wall is 2.76 m. wide, the passage on the right is
2 m. wide, that on the left 2.40 m. If the inner cella was square the passage in the
rear would have been only i.6o m. wide. In the plan I have drawn a conjectured
wall which makes the cella slightly oblong. The four interior columns are placed on
conjecture from broken shafts lying on the slope behind the temple.
The parts of the facade that are in situ are shown in the drawing of the actual
state (Ill. 335). The podium is complete with its cap moulding. It stands 1.50 m. above
the pavement of the middle court. Upon its edge stand, from left to right, a pilaster-
base and the lower course of a wall, 2.65 m. long, terminating in the base of a half-
column, two column-bases, and then two courses of half-column, plain wall and pilaster,
as at the opposite end. Behind the column-bases is the front wall of the cella preserving
from one to three of its courses. The sides of the outer wall are preserved in one
course to a length of 12 m. on the east, and 7 m. on the west. Only short sections
of the side walls of the inner cella are preserved.
The details of the superstructure of the facade were found in much the same con-
dition as those of the gateway of the theatron; for the greater part of them lay either
in front of the podium or upon it. These were set aside, and measured, and are
herewith presented in Ill. 336. They consist of the cap-moulding of the podium, the
bases of a column, a half column, and a pilaster, one of the jambs and the threshold
of the doorway, all of which are in situ. The fallen details are the capitals of a column,
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a sort of side entrance to the middle court, and is shown as such in his tentative plan
of the precinct. Almost fifty years later, when the Princeton Expedition reached Sf, it
was found that some of the debris had been removed from the heap, revealing the
fact that the exposed jamb was not a part of an entrance to the precinct, for its thresh-
old is nearly 2 m. higher than the pavement of the middle court, but the doorway
of a temple the greater part of which had been built upon a substructure rising from
the steep slope below, and had fallen down the hill. The front wall of the podium
of the building, however, and the lower courses of its front wall and portico remained
in situ. When the remaining debris had been removed from these, it was discovered
that a substantially correct plan of the temple could be made, and that, from the
architectural details lying about, a restoration of the facade could be drawn which would
be correct in its principal features. A drawing of the ruin in the actual state in which
it was found, a plan, and a restoration of the facade, are given in Ill. 335; while
measured drawings of the more important details are given in Ill. 336, and a few pho-
tographs are presented in Ill. 337. The ground-plan (Ill. 335) was unmistakably of the
same type as that of the temple of Ba'al Shamin, although it is not similar in all
details, and is on a somewhat smaller scale, its facade being a little over 15 m. wide
as opposed to 19 m. in the other temple. But here we have again the outer wall and
the interior cella with a passage between them. Again we have the distyle entrance, but
not the recessed porch of the temple of Bacal Shamin. Here the two columns stand
between half-columns at the ends of walls that extend from the angles of the building
to the line of the interior cella, and the passage behind the columns is continuous with
the passage around the cella. The cella has but one doorway; its front wall and parts
of its two side walls are in situ. The location of the rear portion of the outer wall
of the temple was determined from foundations well down the slope; the outer walls
formed a square. The rear wall of the inner cella could not be found. The passage
between the columns and the cella wall is 2.76 m. wide, the passage on the right is
2 m. wide, that on the left 2.40 m. If the inner cella was square the passage in the
rear would have been only i.6o m. wide. In the plan I have drawn a conjectured
wall which makes the cella slightly oblong. The four interior columns are placed on
conjecture from broken shafts lying on the slope behind the temple.
The parts of the facade that are in situ are shown in the drawing of the actual
state (Ill. 335). The podium is complete with its cap moulding. It stands 1.50 m. above
the pavement of the middle court. Upon its edge stand, from left to right, a pilaster-
base and the lower course of a wall, 2.65 m. long, terminating in the base of a half-
column, two column-bases, and then two courses of half-column, plain wall and pilaster,
as at the opposite end. Behind the column-bases is the front wall of the cella preserving
from one to three of its courses. The sides of the outer wall are preserved in one
course to a length of 12 m. on the east, and 7 m. on the west. Only short sections
of the side walls of the inner cella are preserved.
The details of the superstructure of the facade were found in much the same con-
dition as those of the gateway of the theatron; for the greater part of them lay either
in front of the podium or upon it. These were set aside, and measured, and are
herewith presented in Ill. 336. They consist of the cap-moulding of the podium, the
bases of a column, a half column, and a pilaster, one of the jambs and the threshold
of the doorway, all of which are in situ. The fallen details are the capitals of a column,