This article is devoted to the study of a medieval temple Dating from the end of the X - beginning of the XI century, located near the village of datuna in the Republic of Dagestan. It discusses its design features, provides arguments about their possible purpose and symbolic load. Stylistic and semantic analysis is carried out, as a result of which conclusions are drawn about the ownership of construction traditions. The proportions of the temple underlying the compositional structure are analyzed. Based on the revealed proportions, an analogy is drawn with the temple of Solomon, with which other common features are found. As a result, it is concluded that it served as a prototype for the construction of the Dagestan temple.

Keywords: Datun temple, middle ages, religious architecture, Dagestan, proportions, single-nave Basilica, compositional structure, prototype