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5 Fountains andBasins inGreekSanctuaries 75 Fig. 6:Kos, Asclepieion. Inmanyothercases,however, thewater installations intheentranceareaconsistonlyofsimple rectangularbasins, suchas inLousoi31 (Fig. 7), in thesanctuaryofDemeteratPriene,32 inMega- lopolis33 and in another example from theAsclepieionofKos (Figs.6,2; 6,4).34 The reconstruc- 31 Reichel –Wilhelm 1901, 15–18 figs. 6–9. They reconstruct awell housewith a façade of columns or pillars on thebasis of someslabs in front of thebasinwhich formeda regularpavement.Glaser 1983, 58f. no.43 fig. 107, on theother hand, assumesonly awooden construction, because the typical traces of stone columnsaremissing. In addition, the slabs arenotwell founded, so that aheavy stone superstructure is unlikely. 32Wiegand–Schrader 1904, 149 fig. 119 c;Dorl-Klingenschmid2001, 236no.94 fig. 164. vonKienlin–Schneider 2003, 391 also report on limemortar beds in the entrance area of the temenos,which they interpret as remains of water basins. Theyassume that thesewere fedby thewell. 33 Lauter-Bufe 2009, 33f. Beil. 5. 34 Schazmann 1932, 60 pls.32, 3.4; Glaser 1983, 30 no.20 fig.53; Dorl-Klingenschmid 2001, 205 no.47 fig. 132. The basins next to themain propylon in the north have not been published yet, except the plan by Schazmann 1932, pl. 38.