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if the fortress was an early one, or of a church, if it was built after the reign of Con-
stantine I; or it may have been first one and then the other, like a similar building
in the fortress of Der il-Kahf (cf. II, a, 2, p. 148). The absence of barrack rooms
suggests that this was a fortified camp with temporary shelters for the soldiers.
104. TARBA (THARA A).
North of Mushennef, near the edge of the plateau of the Djebel Hauran, is the
village of Tarba, identified by M. Waddington 1 as the site of ancient Θοφβα. Greek
inscriptions have been found here, and there are remains of ancient buildings most of
which were residences. Many of these houses have been repaired and are inhabited
today. The settlement is one of Druses, and the house of one of the most important
sh£khs of this district, Hassan abu-Salaam by name, is made up in part of an ancient
dwelling. On two occasions, in 1900 and in 1904, this village was made our starting-
point for excursions into the stony desert and to the Safa.
105. TEMA and DIJMA.
T£ma is an ancient site occupied by a Druse village. There are no remains ot
monuments here other than inscriptions. All the buildings have been destroyed in the
construction of modern dwellings.
Dfima has suffered in like manner. It was undoubtedly the site of an ancient
town, and there are numerous reminders of this at every turn, in fragments of buildings
of the Roman and Christian periods; but, outside the inscriptions, there is nothing here
worthy of publication. Even the remarkable dwelling published by M. de Vogue 3 has
entirely disappeared with all the other antiquities of the place.
106. IL-MALIKI YEH.
This place, now a deserted ruin, was the northeasternmost outpost of the Djebel
Hauran. It covers a considerable area, and consisted chiefly of small houses and towers
of defense all built in the crudest manner of the Hauran. The walls are all of roughly
broken stone with only door and window frames of cut stone. A photograph of one
of the houses in this place was published by the American Expedition.3 It serves
well to illustrate the character of the architecture of these ruins.
107. NIMREH (NAMARA).4
From the group of villages and ruins on the northeastern confines of the Djebel
Hauran we may now turn westward, toward the heart of the mountain country, to
Nimreh, an inhabited ruin beautifully situated at the termination of a long ridge between
two wadis to which the hillsides slope steeply down. The present village is small and
poorly built, but the houses contain many ancient fragments, and there are many signs
that the original town was one of considerable size. The only monuments here worthy
1 Wadd. insc. 2269.
2 S. C. Pl. 12.
3 A. A. E. S. II, p. 313.
4 cf. Wadd. insc. 2176.
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if the fortress was an early one, or of a church, if it was built after the reign of Con-
stantine I; or it may have been first one and then the other, like a similar building
in the fortress of Der il-Kahf (cf. II, a, 2, p. 148). The absence of barrack rooms
suggests that this was a fortified camp with temporary shelters for the soldiers.
104. TARBA (THARA A).
North of Mushennef, near the edge of the plateau of the Djebel Hauran, is the
village of Tarba, identified by M. Waddington 1 as the site of ancient Θοφβα. Greek
inscriptions have been found here, and there are remains of ancient buildings most of
which were residences. Many of these houses have been repaired and are inhabited
today. The settlement is one of Druses, and the house of one of the most important
sh£khs of this district, Hassan abu-Salaam by name, is made up in part of an ancient
dwelling. On two occasions, in 1900 and in 1904, this village was made our starting-
point for excursions into the stony desert and to the Safa.
105. TEMA and DIJMA.
T£ma is an ancient site occupied by a Druse village. There are no remains ot
monuments here other than inscriptions. All the buildings have been destroyed in the
construction of modern dwellings.
Dfima has suffered in like manner. It was undoubtedly the site of an ancient
town, and there are numerous reminders of this at every turn, in fragments of buildings
of the Roman and Christian periods; but, outside the inscriptions, there is nothing here
worthy of publication. Even the remarkable dwelling published by M. de Vogue 3 has
entirely disappeared with all the other antiquities of the place.
106. IL-MALIKI YEH.
This place, now a deserted ruin, was the northeasternmost outpost of the Djebel
Hauran. It covers a considerable area, and consisted chiefly of small houses and towers
of defense all built in the crudest manner of the Hauran. The walls are all of roughly
broken stone with only door and window frames of cut stone. A photograph of one
of the houses in this place was published by the American Expedition.3 It serves
well to illustrate the character of the architecture of these ruins.
107. NIMREH (NAMARA).4
From the group of villages and ruins on the northeastern confines of the Djebel
Hauran we may now turn westward, toward the heart of the mountain country, to
Nimreh, an inhabited ruin beautifully situated at the termination of a long ridge between
two wadis to which the hillsides slope steeply down. The present village is small and
poorly built, but the houses contain many ancient fragments, and there are many signs
that the original town was one of considerable size. The only monuments here worthy
1 Wadd. insc. 2269.
2 S. C. Pl. 12.
3 A. A. E. S. II, p. 313.
4 cf. Wadd. insc. 2176.