Reconstructing the Temple Oval of Khafajah. Insight into the Emergence of Multi-Stepped Terraces
Résumé
As soon as exposed, the Oval Temple has been tentatively reconstructed. Beyond the in-depth analysis of the architectural remains produced by the excavators, the most visible result of this study work was an artist view of 1934 published as an ex libris in the OIP 53 (published 1940) and reproduced hundreds of times since then. After almost a century, many new data have been made available, related to ancient Near East architecture in general and high terraces in particular, and allow for the reconsideration of the original reconstruction of the building, very acute yet improvable.