Isis Temple, UNECO, Sabratah, Libya
It was probably during the reign of Augustus that the first Temple to Isis was built on the shore to the east of the city. It stood, like most of the other major temples at Sabratha, in a courtyard surrounded by porticos. Built on a podium, the cella was surrounded by a colonnade and was approached by a flight of steps in the front. Against the west wall of the courtyard stood five chapels, and at the east end of the enclosure access was had to the whole compound through a colonnaded entrance raised on steps. During the reign of Vespasian, after the threatening turn of events between Oea and Leptis Magna in 69, this temple was reconstructed.
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