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Area EProf. Dr. W. OrthmannExcavations at the «Stadttempel» in 2009 The strength of the walls and the relatively elaborate manner in which they were constructed, give reason to believe that they might belong to a public building (Fig. 2). The trench of a modern sewer channel at the western edge of the excavation area, which cut the walls, was re-excavated in order to investigate its section. It was established that the older building rested upon a continuous mudbrick terrace. Its bottom has not been reached anywhere yet. Further to the south a smaller trench was opened in square 3498. In it, we hoped to find the surface of the temple courtyard. However, this end was not achieved, possibly because of a disturbance by a Hellenistic stone-slab grave (Fig. 3). Considering form and construction, it matches exactly the graves that were found in the excavations of 1913 in the area of the «Stadttempel». (Translation: A. Sollee / B. Sollee) |
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