 A lavish temple called the Elagabalium was built on the east face of the Palatine Hill to house Elagabal , who was represented by a black conical meteorite from Emesa . Herodian wrote " this stone is worshipped as though it were sent from heaven ; on it there are some small projecting pieces and markings that are pointed out , which the people would like to believe are a rough picture of the sun , because this is how they see them " . 
