Adulis Court

If you place a peg at 15.26206 latitude፡ and 39.66007 longitudes, you will discover the court's southwest corner. The Southwest corner is essential for archaeologists and engineers because it is from this point that you can measure in positive numbers.Adulis Court is located in quad D4 on the map of Adulis. It is a multi-story building that is 38 m long and 22.5 m wide. It appears that the Court at its peak housed representatives of 24 polities.

Two raws of seven columns are attached with a semicircle arch at the top connecting two columns (see the picture beblow). The right raw columns are 6.2 meters apart from the left raw columns. The columns were carved out of porous basalt and their sides grooved mostly for plastering decorative flat marble or alabaster. The floor that is decorated by these columns is 26 meters long and 8.4 wide (see picture below). Five doors give access to the Court, while three are located on the southern wall two are located on the east side.

There are three gates on the southern part of the building, and there are two gates on the eastern part of the building. All the doors have door recesses made of Ashlars that are 2.5 m tall. It is not clear why these Ashlar stones are needed just as you enter the door- whether these were used for defense by restricting entry or for the aesthetics of the building or both. The Southern doors are more oversized, at 4.1 meters wide, while the eastern doors are 2.2 meters wide. (see picture below). There are six small rooms on the right of the columns and another six small rooms at the left. At 3.5 meters from the ground the first floor is finished with beams of cypress wood or wild olive.

The first floor is accessed through stairs that are located on the west (see the picture above). On the first floor, the second and third floors also have six on each side room, 12 per floor. It is most likely these rooms may have been used as offices or dwellings for representatives of the small polities under Adulis. There are 20 windows on the first floor and another 20 windows on the third floor. While the windows on the second floor are pointing downward, the letter A the windows on the third floor are pointing upward.