This dating is suggested by the shape of the letters of the inscription incised on one of the blocks of the East Gate and by their typical working. Of the walls today only short and discontinuous stretches survive. In 1887, in fact, most of the blocks visible above ground were dismantled and transported to Istanbul on the orders of the Ottoman authorities and used in the construction of the quay at Bebek. However, a drawing made by Charles Texier in 1849 allows us to grasp the general outline of the monument.