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PAGAN ARCHITECTURE IN THE DJEBEL HAURAN
herewith will suffice to illustrate all. They are very plain on the interior, only present-
ing three openings in the wall, a broad opening 4.60 m. wide between two narrow side
Great south gate at Shehba, from the south.
East gate at Shehba, from the east.
portals 2.80 m. wide. On the exterior all are embellished with pilasters and engaged
columns. On either side is a salient octagonal redoubt, and between the portals are
two projecting buttresses, each adorned with an engaged column. The piers between
the portals and the buttresses which join the wall on either side are massively con-
PAGAN ARCHITECTURE IN THE DJEBEL HAURAN
herewith will suffice to illustrate all. They are very plain on the interior, only present-
ing three openings in the wall, a broad opening 4.60 m. wide between two narrow side
Great south gate at Shehba, from the south.
East gate at Shehba, from the east.
portals 2.80 m. wide. On the exterior all are embellished with pilasters and engaged
columns. On either side is a salient octagonal redoubt, and between the portals are
two projecting buttresses, each adorned with an engaged column. The piers between
the portals and the buttresses which join the wall on either side are massively con-