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ARCHITECTURE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY
upper story was habitable and may have served as homes for the tradesmen. The
porticos are generally of the simplest quadrangular style, often devoid of moldings.
There were in many cases two of these long structures, facing each other, on opposite
sides of a street, as in Djeradeh.
Northwest angle of market-place at Ruweha.
Ruweha. market. At Ruweha there is a large open square, measuring fully 40 m.
on a side, surrounded with these stoae. In this instance the porticos were composed
of columns with capitals of various debased styles, and a perfectly plain architrave.
This square, which was entered through a broad, arched gateway, formed an agora
not unlike the market-places built by the Romans in Grecian lands.
Towers. The watch-towers of the towns on the eastern borders of the district are,
in most cases, in total ruins. They seem to have been of various heights, and the
higher they were the fewer are preserved. One of the lower towers, two stories in
height, was published by M. de Vogiie (Pl. 58). This is at Khirbit Hass and stands
at a considerable distance from the town, to the eastward, overlooking the plain.
Djeradeh. tower. At Djeradeh there is a tower of six stories completely pre-
served to its uppermost cornice. It is within the town and forms a part of the town
wall, which, as was often the case with these structures, is formed for the most part by
the rear walls of houses. Its exact position is in an interior angle of the wall, on the
western side of the town, so that it overlooks the town itself and the plain far beyond.
The structure is 5.50 m. square and about 28 m. high. It was divided into six stories.
The ground floor is spanned by a single arch which supports the slabs of stone that
form the floor of the next story above. The other floors were of wood, and the stair-
case seems also to have been made of wood. Each of the five stories above the ground
floor is provided with a snrall window; the uppermost story has a large opening in
ARCHITECTURE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY
upper story was habitable and may have served as homes for the tradesmen. The
porticos are generally of the simplest quadrangular style, often devoid of moldings.
There were in many cases two of these long structures, facing each other, on opposite
sides of a street, as in Djeradeh.
Northwest angle of market-place at Ruweha.
Ruweha. market. At Ruweha there is a large open square, measuring fully 40 m.
on a side, surrounded with these stoae. In this instance the porticos were composed
of columns with capitals of various debased styles, and a perfectly plain architrave.
This square, which was entered through a broad, arched gateway, formed an agora
not unlike the market-places built by the Romans in Grecian lands.
Towers. The watch-towers of the towns on the eastern borders of the district are,
in most cases, in total ruins. They seem to have been of various heights, and the
higher they were the fewer are preserved. One of the lower towers, two stories in
height, was published by M. de Vogiie (Pl. 58). This is at Khirbit Hass and stands
at a considerable distance from the town, to the eastward, overlooking the plain.
Djeradeh. tower. At Djeradeh there is a tower of six stories completely pre-
served to its uppermost cornice. It is within the town and forms a part of the town
wall, which, as was often the case with these structures, is formed for the most part by
the rear walls of houses. Its exact position is in an interior angle of the wall, on the
western side of the town, so that it overlooks the town itself and the plain far beyond.
The structure is 5.50 m. square and about 28 m. high. It was divided into six stories.
The ground floor is spanned by a single arch which supports the slabs of stone that
form the floor of the next story above. The other floors were of wood, and the stair-
case seems also to have been made of wood. Each of the five stories above the ground
floor is provided with a snrall window; the uppermost story has a large opening in