BSY_FB_12_002

‘Arâk il-Emîr March 16-17, 1909

On the morning of the 16th we left Jericho.
stopped for a bath at the Jordan and then
traversed the Trans Jordan plain and
ascended the steep slopes of the Mountain
of Ammon, following at first the bed of
a Wâdi and then passing over the crest
into a valley which we crossed and then
made the final ascent over the last
ridge, descending a little to ‘Arâk il-Emîr.

We casually examined the ruins of the
temple while M. and Bell took a bath in the
Wadi Sîr from which they were driven by
irate natives.

The following morning (17) I made a further
examination of the great ruin to check up my
publications. I made certain of the presence
of two fallen columns at the South end of the
temple between the outer curtain walls - one
of them was measured: diam at mid .88-.89