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Work was begun at the entrance to the far east of
the great temple. This was found to be in axis with
the great temple and not at one side as shown on
deVogüés plan. Both sides of the gate were excavated,
the two steps of Theatron and the bases of the colonnade
in front of them are found as shown by de V. but
the towers shown by de V. as flanking the entrance were
not discussed, there being an open passage on
either side of the entrance. Piers with 1/2 colums
marked the [peak] in the colonnade.

Both sides of the wall which surrounded the
Theatron were found and it was traced westward
along the temple to the [...] wall of the rear court.
The ruins of the temple, which in 1900 consisted of
a huge pile of fallen blocks, have been cleared
away in the search for building stones and it
was possible to find not only 3 angles of the temple
but the walls of ^square^ inner structure built of very
porous basalt, and the bases of 4 columns which
formed a square within it. This is undoubedly
the inner temple of the Nabataean inscription.