BSY_FB_29-07-b

7

a piece of frieze, a part of the cornice with a
fragment of the raking cornice attached to it
and pieces of its lintel and door cap of the portal.
The imperial inscription, already known is
still to be seen in its pieces and a small bit of
of the lintel bears a few letters.

In digging for building stone about the temple,
the natives have unearthed a number of capitals
and carved fragments in the Nabataean style,
showing that a structure earlier than the Roman
temple stood upon this site.

To the West of the temple the natural rock falls
sharply into the valley. On the South the support
of the temple was part natural rock and part wall.

On the East a huge retaining wall was built up
to form a support for a large arch court, parts
of this wall are in situ others have been patched up
and contain ancient fragments.