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to the circle of the base of the dome. In the two sections shown in Ill. 60 the heights
are not likely to be absolutely correct. First, because the interior of those parts of
the bath that are still protected is partly filled with the droppings of sheep that have been
sheltered here during the past thousand years or more; and, second, because I had
no time to measure anything but the plan of the building. The general arrangement
of the superstructure, however, is approximately correct. All the tunnel-vaults that are
HAMMAM I5-5ADAKH·
5ECTI0N-A-E-RE5T0RED-
5ECTI0N'C“D·
5ECTI0N-E-F- RESTORED-
Ill. 60.
standing are"] in]“cut stone, if my notes are correct. The dome and the cross-vault are
of concrete [in [which light volcanic scoriae are the chief material. The main hall of
the bath was vaulted in the same manner as the mosque at Kos£r il-Hallabat, described
above. The room was divided into aisles by two rows of three arches each; the arches
were built up to a straight line, and semi-circular tunnel-vaults of concrete were built over
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Syria, Div. II, Sec. A, Pt. 2. 11
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to the circle of the base of the dome. In the two sections shown in Ill. 60 the heights
are not likely to be absolutely correct. First, because the interior of those parts of
the bath that are still protected is partly filled with the droppings of sheep that have been
sheltered here during the past thousand years or more; and, second, because I had
no time to measure anything but the plan of the building. The general arrangement
of the superstructure, however, is approximately correct. All the tunnel-vaults that are
HAMMAM I5-5ADAKH·
5ECTI0N-A-E-RE5T0RED-
5ECTI0N'C“D·
5ECTI0N-E-F- RESTORED-
Ill. 60.
standing are"] in]“cut stone, if my notes are correct. The dome and the cross-vault are
of concrete [in [which light volcanic scoriae are the chief material. The main hall of
the bath was vaulted in the same manner as the mosque at Kos£r il-Hallabat, described
above. The room was divided into aisles by two rows of three arches each; the arches
were built up to a straight line, and semi-circular tunnel-vaults of concrete were built over
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Syria, Div. II, Sec. A, Pt. 2. 11