a lull {Jo. 1
ie side of itj!
'ill remain
lole migtop
-ze of lions.i:
^ cut in |)|
building. |
nave seen, i
those found t:
ning; thefttt
/
iuni. 3. A k
lg a splendid n
)rmer plan) tos
JSZJlKI.
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. ..Jin. ...^^lyyiitfi-
109
K
I >fr
?
• -f seats:.
No. -i.),foni
These seatssi
as the entrant
3S the lid
No. 91 i
tented masoir
hitectore of tL
- aud gai
aliaii figures s:
many front:
1 devices, M
Another inscription was cut on the front of a pedestal,
which now stands near a small building serving as the mosque
for the present inhabitants of the village. Upon the top of
this pedestal the muezzin ascends to cry the hour of prayer,
as from the minaret.
I saw no trace of the tombs or architecture of the Chris-
tian age, nor of any walls or fortifications. Prom the cha-
racter of the architecture I should judge that this had been
a small town devoted to amusement; I could not hear of
any mineral or peculiar waters, or I might have fancied it to
have been a Cheltenham of the ancients. I have seen no
place so little plundered or defaced by the people of after
ages, and much information might be gained here to interest
the antiquarian.
At one o'clock we set out to return; and being our own
ie side of itj!
'ill remain
lole migtop
-ze of lions.i:
^ cut in |)|
building. |
nave seen, i
those found t:
ning; thefttt
/
iuni. 3. A k
lg a splendid n
)rmer plan) tos
JSZJlKI.
|8LEKP€iTbJlAYKlHAN4>AAE A\UJMN i i;
. ..Jin. ...^^lyyiitfi-
109
K
I >fr
?
• -f seats:.
No. -i.),foni
These seatssi
as the entrant
3S the lid
No. 91 i
tented masoir
hitectore of tL
- aud gai
aliaii figures s:
many front:
1 devices, M
Another inscription was cut on the front of a pedestal,
which now stands near a small building serving as the mosque
for the present inhabitants of the village. Upon the top of
this pedestal the muezzin ascends to cry the hour of prayer,
as from the minaret.
I saw no trace of the tombs or architecture of the Chris-
tian age, nor of any walls or fortifications. Prom the cha-
racter of the architecture I should judge that this had been
a small town devoted to amusement; I could not hear of
any mineral or peculiar waters, or I might have fancied it to
have been a Cheltenham of the ancients. I have seen no
place so little plundered or defaced by the people of after
ages, and much information might be gained here to interest
the antiquarian.
At one o'clock we set out to return; and being our own