Prey Temple (Puok)

Located on the northwestern side of Siem Reap city, Prasat Prei, as it is also called, features an extraordinarily large mound with the remains of one brick shrine.

It’s a small shrine with robust walls that are more common to the earlier period, in this case, signage at the site suggests it dates to the 10th century. To the side of the temple is a collection of sandstone plinths that would have likely formed doorframes of the shrine. There’s also an undecorated octagonal colonette.

Considering the size of the mound, one could wonder if there are traces of many more shrines still underground, or perhaps the site was never completed.

Historical Notes

In the 1930s, three bronze mirrors were discovered here, along with a statue of Brahma and a decorative lintel.

Prasat Prei (unpublished). The Prasat Prei is a brick sanctuary, located on a prominence surrounded by a moat-basin, approximately kilometer north of Road 6 from Siem Reap. This pràsát, square in plan, measures approximately 4 meters on each side. We can still see a door to the east, a false door to the north. The other two sides, buried by scree, do not allow us to see what was there. The door has its frame and the North column in place; this is in paneling as well as the decorative lintel, found overturned during the excavations. Very close to the gate was found a well-preserved statue of Brahmā, measuring 1 m. 20 high. The forearms and feet are missing.

BEFEO, Chronique, 1933

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