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Modern Description: During 2022-24 excavations by the Austrian Archaeological Institute, a temple-shaped building was uncovered along its entire length, which is 28 m long and 9.50 m wide. The temple consists of two large interior spaces, each with two interior columns on its axis and two porches with two columns in antis on its two sides. According to current data, it is a double temple that probably dates back to the 6th century BC. It appears that around 300 BC/early 3rd century BC the roof was removed and the tiles were placed inside the building, covering the original level of use, and it is considered likely that the building was abandoned during this period. In the second room, the fragments of an Archaic marble basin (perirrhanterion) of about 1 metre in diameter were found on the floor. This had already been repaired in antiquity, as the metal clamps holding its broken parts show. Together with the fragment discovered in 2022, the impressive vessel can now be restored almost in its entirety. An important find from this year's excavation is a bronze sheet that was probably attached to a wall of the temple. The X-ray examination of the object revealed that one side of the bronze sheet preserves a large inscription, which is expected to be fully revealed during its conservation in the laboratory of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Elis. In addition, the course of a strong wall, already identified by Wilhelm Dörpfeld at the beginning of the 20th century, has been uncovered and documented. ( The wall is probably the northern end of the enclosure of the sanctuary of Poseidon.
Wikidata ID: Q131513358

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