BSY_FB_17-36

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The enclosure was bounded on the West
by a deep basin of water whose banks
have been carefully built up in cut stone
making the side nearest the temple quite
symmetrical. On the south the modern
houses have obliterated the other boundaries.

The pavement of the court is visible
for quite an extent and is laid in large
square slabs. The northern wall was
also well built and seems to be of earlier
date than the temple for the lintel of one
of the gates gives a date in the first century

In all probability the sacred precinct is
one of great antiquity and possible another
temple stood upon this site in earlier times.

From the number of small column shafts
lying within the enclosure and the numerous
fragments of frieze and cornice of smaller
scale than those of the temple it is very
probable that an interior colonnade was carried
around the court and an outer and inner
pylon are mentioned in the inscriptions.

36

The enclosure was bounded on the West
by a deep basin of water whose banks
have been carefully built up in cut stone
making the side nearest the temple quite
symmetrical. On the south the modern
houses have obliterated the other boundaries.
The pavement of the court is visible
for quite an extent and is laid in large
square slabs. The northern wall was
also well built and seems to be of earlier
date than the temple for the lintel of one
of the gates gives a date in the first century

In all probability the sacred precinct is
one of great antiquity and possible another
temple stood upon this site in earlier times.
From the number of small column shafts
lying within the enclosure and the numerous
fragments of frieze and cornice of smaller
scale than those of the temple it is very
probable that an interior colonnade was carried
around the court and an outer and inner
pylon are mentioned in the inscriptions.