Small Aten Temple

The temenos enclosed an area of 127 m by 200 m.[3] On the eastern end the remains of flower beds were found, and an avenue of trees separated it from the surrounding buildings.

In the main entrance, a large area of preserved gypsum plaster was found bearing the impressions of blocks and mason's marks.

[4] This area seems to be the oldest part of the complex, as it overlays clean gravel and its surface underlays the later pylon gateway.

In the southeast corner there was a small brick building that contained a series of rooms including one with a dais.

To the west of this building was another, consisting of a single room, which was connected to the south wing of the Sanctuary by a series of walls that possibly belonged to a small house.

A ramp with balustrade led to the first court of the Sanctuary, passing between two thin pylons, and likely continued as a causeway to the altar in the centre.

The entire court was filled with offering tables and surrounded by small chapels built into the walls.

[4] In 1994, concrete replicas of the papyriform columns were assembled in their original position in front of the inner sanctuary court.

These columns were replicas based on the fragments found in the 1931 excavation and were manufactured in Egypt from moulds made in England.

One of the reconstructed papyriform columns in the sanctuary