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Nawa.
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columns flanking the portals, and the tops of the candle-sticks were, in all likelihood
intended to carry small lamps. The small arch (i) in the east wall of the atrium sprang
from deeply moulded and curiously carved pier caps, (I). The fact that the lower
courses of the walls of this church were well built of blocks of large size, still in place,
and that the jambs and lintels of highly finished limestone are still practically in situ,
and that the only other remains are ornamental details, the rest of the ruin, consisting
of mounds of clay, makes it seem probable that this was one of the churches in which
the upper parts of the walling were of sun-dried bricks. Otherwise all the ordinary
building stone has been carried away.
CISTERN-
12.
details were discovered upon this
5CALE0.002t,'=lM'
EerNawa-
CONVENT-
DATE-WAD-
Shamin at Sic in the Hauran. No ornamental
It is possible that the convent was exceedingly plain in detail; but more pro-
: that all the finished blocks of basalt have been carried away and are among
: that are still to be seen in the half-ruined modern houses.
Houses. Plans of private houses are traceable in half-buried foundation walls on
Der Nawa, 598 A.D. This is the little convent at the northwest of the ruined
town. Like the church in the town, it belongs to the very last years of the sixth
century ; the inscription 1 on the lintel of its single portal being dated in the year 598 A.D.
Naught remains of the original structures except the
tower, which stands two full stories high, and the
foundation walls of the church and other buildings.
The plan was easily traced in these remains, which
suggest that the upper parts of the walls were con¬
structed of sun-dried bricks. The plan (Ill. 12) is
of more than usual interest for its symmetry in the
arrangement of the group of buildings. The little i
church is the easternmost building of the group; at
its western end chapels are built out on either side:
in front of the facade, thus elongated, is a square
atrium flanked by three chambers on either side. In
the middle of the atrium was a large-cistern, the top
of which has fallen in. In the middle of the west
wall an arch opened westward into a second, or outer,
atrium, of about the same dimensions as the first,
and similarly flanked by chambers. The only entrance
to the convent was in the middle of the west wall
of the outer atrium, on axis with the arch, and the
portal of the church. The convent tower stands out¬
side the second atrium at the northwest angle; it is
about 7.50 m. square, and is divided by a partition
wall. The chambers within are lighted by loop-hole
windows, and the second story is provided with a
latrina which overhangs the north wall. The plan
of this little convent, with its outer and inner court,
recalls the arrangement of the Nabataean temple of
Baal
site.
bable
those
n ’7'
L-iio-A
—740——1
Div. Ill, Insc. 843.
15
columns flanking the portals, and the tops of the candle-sticks were, in all likelihood
intended to carry small lamps. The small arch (i) in the east wall of the atrium sprang
from deeply moulded and curiously carved pier caps, (I). The fact that the lower
courses of the walls of this church were well built of blocks of large size, still in place,
and that the jambs and lintels of highly finished limestone are still practically in situ,
and that the only other remains are ornamental details, the rest of the ruin, consisting
of mounds of clay, makes it seem probable that this was one of the churches in which
the upper parts of the walling were of sun-dried bricks. Otherwise all the ordinary
building stone has been carried away.
CISTERN-
12.
details were discovered upon this
5CALE0.002t,'=lM'
EerNawa-
CONVENT-
DATE-WAD-
Shamin at Sic in the Hauran. No ornamental
It is possible that the convent was exceedingly plain in detail; but more pro-
: that all the finished blocks of basalt have been carried away and are among
: that are still to be seen in the half-ruined modern houses.
Houses. Plans of private houses are traceable in half-buried foundation walls on
Der Nawa, 598 A.D. This is the little convent at the northwest of the ruined
town. Like the church in the town, it belongs to the very last years of the sixth
century ; the inscription 1 on the lintel of its single portal being dated in the year 598 A.D.
Naught remains of the original structures except the
tower, which stands two full stories high, and the
foundation walls of the church and other buildings.
The plan was easily traced in these remains, which
suggest that the upper parts of the walls were con¬
structed of sun-dried bricks. The plan (Ill. 12) is
of more than usual interest for its symmetry in the
arrangement of the group of buildings. The little i
church is the easternmost building of the group; at
its western end chapels are built out on either side:
in front of the facade, thus elongated, is a square
atrium flanked by three chambers on either side. In
the middle of the atrium was a large-cistern, the top
of which has fallen in. In the middle of the west
wall an arch opened westward into a second, or outer,
atrium, of about the same dimensions as the first,
and similarly flanked by chambers. The only entrance
to the convent was in the middle of the west wall
of the outer atrium, on axis with the arch, and the
portal of the church. The convent tower stands out¬
side the second atrium at the northwest angle; it is
about 7.50 m. square, and is divided by a partition
wall. The chambers within are lighted by loop-hole
windows, and the second story is provided with a
latrina which overhangs the north wall. The plan
of this little convent, with its outer and inner court,
recalls the arrangement of the Nabataean temple of
Baal
site.
bable
those
n ’7'
L-iio-A
—740——1
Div. Ill, Insc. 843.