Princeton Expeditions to Syria (1899, 1904-1905, 1909)

‘Arâk il-Emîr March 16-17, 1909

On the morning of the 16th we left Jericho. stopped for a bath at the Jordan and then traversed the Trans Jordan plain and ascended the steep slopes of the Mountain of Ammon, following at first the bed of a Wâdi and then passing over the crest into a valley which we crossed and then made the final ascent over the last ridge, descending a little to ‘Arâk il-Emîr.

We casually examined the ruins of the temple while M. and Bell took a bath in the Wadi Sîr from which they were driven by irate natives.

The following morning (17) I made a further examination of the great ruin to check up my publications. I made certain of the presence of two fallen columns at the South end of the temple between the outer curtain walls - one of them was measured: diam at mid .88-.89