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030 EXCURSIONS IN CA11IA.
each forms a radiating arch, about 5' in width.
These gateways are protected by small flanking
towers.
" On the south side, facing the valley, are the
remains of the principal entrance to the city. Here
the wall takes a bend inwards, having the gateway
in the centre of the curve. By this means the en-
trance is flanked by a wall on each side. From this
gateway a road can be easily traced in a south-
eastern direction for a distance of at least 500
yards. It is about 30' in breadth between the rows
of sarcophagi which line it on each side. Outside
the walls, on every side of the city, are a great
many of these plain sarcophagi, nearly all made of
conglomerate.
" Within the walls there is nothing remarkable.
There are a great many late buildings, the prin-
cipal features of which are the semicircular arches
over the doors and windows. In one of these
buildings I saw pieces of architrave and cornice of
white marble. The cornice was very florid in style,
and not finely executed. One piece of architrave
had the inscription • ZflTONMErA . and another,
• NITON El NflZEBAZTOEYZ . ['A]vrav£i'i/a) %sfia(rrai
E6o-[£0s<].
" Near this was a small spirally-fluted column of
white marble, 9" in diameter, used as a Turkish
tombstone.
" Throughout the interior of the city were a
great many blocks of conglomerate, which seems
to have been the common stone used for building.
each forms a radiating arch, about 5' in width.
These gateways are protected by small flanking
towers.
" On the south side, facing the valley, are the
remains of the principal entrance to the city. Here
the wall takes a bend inwards, having the gateway
in the centre of the curve. By this means the en-
trance is flanked by a wall on each side. From this
gateway a road can be easily traced in a south-
eastern direction for a distance of at least 500
yards. It is about 30' in breadth between the rows
of sarcophagi which line it on each side. Outside
the walls, on every side of the city, are a great
many of these plain sarcophagi, nearly all made of
conglomerate.
" Within the walls there is nothing remarkable.
There are a great many late buildings, the prin-
cipal features of which are the semicircular arches
over the doors and windows. In one of these
buildings I saw pieces of architrave and cornice of
white marble. The cornice was very florid in style,
and not finely executed. One piece of architrave
had the inscription • ZflTONMErA . and another,
• NITON El NflZEBAZTOEYZ . ['A]vrav£i'i/a) %sfia(rrai
E6o-[£0s<].
" Near this was a small spirally-fluted column of
white marble, 9" in diameter, used as a Turkish
tombstone.
" Throughout the interior of the city were a
great many blocks of conglomerate, which seems
to have been the common stone used for building.