Halfway up the western side of the San Giovanni hill, which is dominated by the tower of the same name, there is a base in sandstone blocks supporting a small temple, known as temple K, and a portico (figs. 1-3).

Fig. 1 - Location of the temple of the inscriptions (from Google Earth. Review C. Tronchetti)

Fig. 2 - The area of the temple of the inscriptions” (photo by Unicity S.p.A.)

Fig. 3 - The remains of the temple of the inscriptions on the slopes leading up to the Torre di San Giovanni (photo by Unicity S.p.A.)

There were steps from the bottom of the hill, which have now almost completely disappeared, that led to the small temple K, rectangular in shape, with two pillars on the front and accessed via 5 steps (figs. 4-5)

Fig. 4 - Reconstruction of temple K (from ACQUARO 1988, p. 221)

Fig. 5 - Map of temple K (from ACQUARO 1983, p. 626)

The altar decorated with an Egyptian molded cornice can be found at the back of the temple.

There is a small portico next to the temple K that was widely renovated during the Roman Empire Era, to making dwellings. The Egyptian molding decorations found in the collapsed area along the slopes must have come from its first phase.

Fig. 6 - Architectural Egyptian molding decorations from the temple of the inscriptions (photo by Unicity S.p.A.).

The temple-portico complex dates back to the Roman Republic Era, during the 2nd century B.C., but the presence of some sandstone blocks that have been reused and which carry an inscription in Punic letters “.... Ha ascoltato la sua voce...” makes the hypothesis of a previous holy building, dismantled to erect temple K and the portico, likely.