# Interior, Temple of Phaena at Al-Masmiyah, Syria

- By: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
- Date: April 28, 1868
- Medium: Graphite and white gouache on green wove paper
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: 27.4 × 44.1 cm (10 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Al-Masmiyah
- Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23159)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/3fe7d2c3bbc0f575318a00c8ac26ce64.jpg
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Architectural study showing the interior of the ancient praetorium (temple) of Phaena, then located in Al-Masmiyah, Syria. At left and right, Corinthian columns leading down a central aisle terminating in semicircular niche crowned by an arch that is decorated with an inlaid, scalloped design. Two blocks of the arch are missing, allowing bright sun light to come through. The finely-hewn stones of the temple well rest atop the arch. At far left, a subsidiary space is shown with another set of columns.