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II. A. 2.
Southern Hauran
it is quite probable that the letters are later than the doorway itself, and equally pro-
bable that the defaced carving was of some subject distasteful to Christian eyes. At
one of the street corners of the village is an altar of good
workmanship, shaped like the altar found at Kfer (Ill. 108).
The upper part of the altar, in place of the conventional
“horns”, has four well executed eagles. (See Div. Ill,
insc. 195). Another interesting object here, which I did
not see, but which was photographed by some member
of the expedition, and the photograph (Ill. 114) is presented
herewith, is a small votive altar about 60 cm. high, made
in the usual pedestal form, with four horns at the top.
The shaft, or die, seems to have been sculptured on all
four sides; one side shows a bull’s head, another an eagle
with wings outspread, a third side gives a very crude re-
presentation of a human face, or perhaps a better repro-
duction of a human scull.
56. IN-NUDEBEH.
This is a ruin which has been completely destroyed
T„ bv the builders of il-Ghariyeh. It seems to have been
Ill. 114. il-Ghariyeh; Altar. J J Λ . . .
a well built town of ordinary size, belonging to the Christian
period, with a few earlier remains. Many of the inscriptions found in il-Ghariyeh
are said to have come from this site, and I was told that the altar with four eagles
was brought from here also.
57. SACADEH.
South of west from in-Nudebeh is this ruin which was reached from Sabhah by
way of ir-Rukes described on page 116 of this Part. The ruin is a small group of
very well built houses still quite well preserved. But the buildings are used as shelters
for sheep by the Bedawin shepherds who
care for the flocks of the Druses of the
mountain. Owing to the numerous roughly
built modern enclosing walls, it is difficult
to explore the houses, and most of the door¬
ways have been blocked up with loose wall¬
ing. The walls of the larger houses are
constructed of smooth quadrated masonry
throughout, while the details, such as doorways, window-frames, and stairs, are all of
highly finished work. A large compartment in two stories, both arched, corresponds
to four stories of smaller rooms in the rear, as in Medjdel (Ill. 95). A lintel carved
SAADLH- lintel-
Ill. ne
with two Ionic colonettes and three vases (Ill. 115) was found among the ruins; it
may be compared with a lintel found at Sameh (Ill. 67).
II. A. 2.
Southern Hauran
it is quite probable that the letters are later than the doorway itself, and equally pro-
bable that the defaced carving was of some subject distasteful to Christian eyes. At
one of the street corners of the village is an altar of good
workmanship, shaped like the altar found at Kfer (Ill. 108).
The upper part of the altar, in place of the conventional
“horns”, has four well executed eagles. (See Div. Ill,
insc. 195). Another interesting object here, which I did
not see, but which was photographed by some member
of the expedition, and the photograph (Ill. 114) is presented
herewith, is a small votive altar about 60 cm. high, made
in the usual pedestal form, with four horns at the top.
The shaft, or die, seems to have been sculptured on all
four sides; one side shows a bull’s head, another an eagle
with wings outspread, a third side gives a very crude re-
presentation of a human face, or perhaps a better repro-
duction of a human scull.
56. IN-NUDEBEH.
This is a ruin which has been completely destroyed
T„ bv the builders of il-Ghariyeh. It seems to have been
Ill. 114. il-Ghariyeh; Altar. J J Λ . . .
a well built town of ordinary size, belonging to the Christian
period, with a few earlier remains. Many of the inscriptions found in il-Ghariyeh
are said to have come from this site, and I was told that the altar with four eagles
was brought from here also.
57. SACADEH.
South of west from in-Nudebeh is this ruin which was reached from Sabhah by
way of ir-Rukes described on page 116 of this Part. The ruin is a small group of
very well built houses still quite well preserved. But the buildings are used as shelters
for sheep by the Bedawin shepherds who
care for the flocks of the Druses of the
mountain. Owing to the numerous roughly
built modern enclosing walls, it is difficult
to explore the houses, and most of the door¬
ways have been blocked up with loose wall¬
ing. The walls of the larger houses are
constructed of smooth quadrated masonry
throughout, while the details, such as doorways, window-frames, and stairs, are all of
highly finished work. A large compartment in two stories, both arched, corresponds
to four stories of smaller rooms in the rear, as in Medjdel (Ill. 95). A lintel carved
SAADLH- lintel-
Ill. ne
with two Ionic colonettes and three vases (Ill. 115) was found among the ruins; it
may be compared with a lintel found at Sameh (Ill. 67).