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MONUMENTS OF CLASSIC STYLE
upon a parapet a meter in height; their shafts are fluted, and their capitals show small
volutes and an echinus adorned with three divisions of egg-and-dart molding. The
architrave is ornamented with a band of shallow dentils. The columns are engaged
with the ends of short walls which divide the space on either side of the corridor into
hve loculi for the dead. The photograph reproduced herewith was not very success-
ful, but it shows faintly an opening at the end of the passage, with pilasters on either
side and an entablature above them. This opening was originally almost square,
and stopped at the level of the parapet below the engaged columns; it now extends
to the floor, having been roughly broken down. It leads into a transverse corridor
similar to the first, with columns and places for the dead, and at its ends leads into
other passages, which lead I know not how much farther into the mountain-side, for
they have partially fallen in and are choked with soil and debris.
Ruweha. house. At Ruweha, a iarge and magnificent ruined city, now entirely
deserted, in the eastern foot-hills of the Djebel Riha, is a building which, to all ap-
pearances, belongs to an early and pagan period. It is a small structure standing in
the midst of a city conspicuous for its large and fine buildings, three of which were
published by M. de
Vogiie. It differs in
many respects from
the edifices about it.
It has the form of a
long house, one com-
partment deep and
several compartments
long, and faces the
east. Two of the
compartments have
been preserved in one
story. The stone-
work of the walls
presents the most noticeable contrast to that of the rest of the town. It has the
appearance of great antiquity; the blocks of stone are all of greater than orclinary
dimensions,— some of them might be called megaliths,— and they are laid without
strict reference to coursing. In the front of each compartment is a doorway and a
window; both portals and one of the windows are provided with ornamental lintels.
The lintel of the northernmost doorway is adornecl with sculpture (see page 276). At
either end of the relief is a large ancon carved with the acanthus leaf. The jambs
are ornamented with heavily molded pilaster-caps, one of which presents a crude row
of dentils. The lintels of the other doorway and the corresponding window have
Front wall of house at Ruweha.
MONUMENTS OF CLASSIC STYLE
upon a parapet a meter in height; their shafts are fluted, and their capitals show small
volutes and an echinus adorned with three divisions of egg-and-dart molding. The
architrave is ornamented with a band of shallow dentils. The columns are engaged
with the ends of short walls which divide the space on either side of the corridor into
hve loculi for the dead. The photograph reproduced herewith was not very success-
ful, but it shows faintly an opening at the end of the passage, with pilasters on either
side and an entablature above them. This opening was originally almost square,
and stopped at the level of the parapet below the engaged columns; it now extends
to the floor, having been roughly broken down. It leads into a transverse corridor
similar to the first, with columns and places for the dead, and at its ends leads into
other passages, which lead I know not how much farther into the mountain-side, for
they have partially fallen in and are choked with soil and debris.
Ruweha. house. At Ruweha, a iarge and magnificent ruined city, now entirely
deserted, in the eastern foot-hills of the Djebel Riha, is a building which, to all ap-
pearances, belongs to an early and pagan period. It is a small structure standing in
the midst of a city conspicuous for its large and fine buildings, three of which were
published by M. de
Vogiie. It differs in
many respects from
the edifices about it.
It has the form of a
long house, one com-
partment deep and
several compartments
long, and faces the
east. Two of the
compartments have
been preserved in one
story. The stone-
work of the walls
presents the most noticeable contrast to that of the rest of the town. It has the
appearance of great antiquity; the blocks of stone are all of greater than orclinary
dimensions,— some of them might be called megaliths,— and they are laid without
strict reference to coursing. In the front of each compartment is a doorway and a
window; both portals and one of the windows are provided with ornamental lintels.
The lintel of the northernmost doorway is adornecl with sculpture (see page 276). At
either end of the relief is a large ancon carved with the acanthus leaf. The jambs
are ornamented with heavily molded pilaster-caps, one of which presents a crude row
of dentils. The lintels of the other doorway and the corresponding window have
Front wall of house at Ruweha.