| Context: | Miletus |
| Type: | Temple |
| Summary: | Small archaic temple, oriented to the south, located on the Kalabaktepe, north of the theater. |
| Date: | ca. 525 BC |
| Dimensions: | 6.84 m. wide x 8.68 m. long. Width of preserved walls ca. 0.65 m. Width of cella 5.50 m. Depth of pronaos 1.95 m. Height of sima 0.23 m. |
| Region: | Ionia |
| Period: | Archaic |
Architectural Order:
Ionic.
Plan:
The temple is distyle in antis.
Date Description:
The temple is dated to sometime in the second half of the sixth century B.C. on the basis of the style of the terracotta ornament.
History:
The temple dates to the archaic period, to the late 6th century B.C., and did not undergo later restorations.
Other Notes:
The terracotta simas of the pediment have an ovolo profile, painted alternately red and black with white darts; above the ovolo is a painted chevron and meander design, and below the ovolo is a painted astragal painted red and white with rectangular beads. The terracotta antefixes are molded with Medusa heads, lion's heads and lotus flowers in relief above a guilloche design.
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