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II. B. 2.
IL-AN ER IN-
0.50
il-Anderin-
.0.002,4-. ik-
Domed
Chapel¬
in SC 92.5
FLAN
in two parts, and the upper
to 0.60 m. long. The lintels
Restoration-
LONGI TVD INAL SECTION-
ScALE O.ooy« Im-
11.10
and the spandrils of the great arches were resplendent with mosaic decoration.
The building is surrounded, at the distance of about 20 m., by high mounds of
clay, which form a square, and which, in all probability, are the remains of a high wall
of sun-baked bricks. Within this wall some confused walls may be traced, and numer-
ous columns lie about, or protrude from the soil. One small building to the south
east of the church was sufficiently well preserved to make measurement of it possible
(Ill. 44.). This
was probably a part of the clerical or episcopal residence. Though
the walls project but a few centimeters above the soil they are pre-
served to a height of 2 m., or more, below the present level, and there-
fore I have represented them in black.
Church No. 2. This is a little chapel west of the “Cathedral”,
and directly on axis with it. The ruin is one of the typical sort found
at il-Anderin, — a gently sloping mound covered with a scant growth
of dried grass, hollow in the middle, and following the outlines of the
fallen building. The crest of the mound is marked by a wall, the top
of which protrudes not more than 30 cm. above the soil, yet it is intact,
showing every detail of the plan; it is, in fact, a perfect ground-plan
drawn, as it were, on the plain for a bird’s-eye view. The top of the
wall is smooth and level all around; the buried wall can be hardly more
than 1.60 m. high, since the jambs of the doorways were
part of each jamb, lying near the doorways, is from
are also preserved. The lower parts of the walls
were built in the fashion most common in the
region, i. e. of steep truncated pyramids of basalt
laid on their sides in clay, with their bases turned
outward to form the faces of the wall. It is
perfectly plain that the upper parts of the walls
were constructed of sun-dried bricks that in their
decay have formed the evenly sloping mounds.
The plan (Ill. 49) of this little chapel, with its
undivided nave, is interesting for one point -, the
chambers which flank the diminutive apse project
on both sides giving a T form to the general
outline. These chambers are reached only through
the presbyterium.
Church No. 3. This ruin is of the same
type as the last. The mound in this case is
square -, but in the centre of the depression within
the square is a low circular mound with piers
of stone at four angles of a square described
about it. Here again a wall of stone forms the
core of the mound, and every detail of the plan
of the building is perfectly preserved. This was
without question a domed chapel. The plan (Ill. 50) shows a square, with doorways
on the north, west and south, and an apse flanked by side chambers. At the western
angles of a square drawn in front of the apse stand the lower courses of two cruciform
II. B. 2.
IL-AN ER IN-
0.50
il-Anderin-
.0.002,4-. ik-
Domed
Chapel¬
in SC 92.5
FLAN
in two parts, and the upper
to 0.60 m. long. The lintels
Restoration-
LONGI TVD INAL SECTION-
ScALE O.ooy« Im-
11.10
and the spandrils of the great arches were resplendent with mosaic decoration.
The building is surrounded, at the distance of about 20 m., by high mounds of
clay, which form a square, and which, in all probability, are the remains of a high wall
of sun-baked bricks. Within this wall some confused walls may be traced, and numer-
ous columns lie about, or protrude from the soil. One small building to the south
east of the church was sufficiently well preserved to make measurement of it possible
(Ill. 44.). This
was probably a part of the clerical or episcopal residence. Though
the walls project but a few centimeters above the soil they are pre-
served to a height of 2 m., or more, below the present level, and there-
fore I have represented them in black.
Church No. 2. This is a little chapel west of the “Cathedral”,
and directly on axis with it. The ruin is one of the typical sort found
at il-Anderin, — a gently sloping mound covered with a scant growth
of dried grass, hollow in the middle, and following the outlines of the
fallen building. The crest of the mound is marked by a wall, the top
of which protrudes not more than 30 cm. above the soil, yet it is intact,
showing every detail of the plan; it is, in fact, a perfect ground-plan
drawn, as it were, on the plain for a bird’s-eye view. The top of the
wall is smooth and level all around; the buried wall can be hardly more
than 1.60 m. high, since the jambs of the doorways were
part of each jamb, lying near the doorways, is from
are also preserved. The lower parts of the walls
were built in the fashion most common in the
region, i. e. of steep truncated pyramids of basalt
laid on their sides in clay, with their bases turned
outward to form the faces of the wall. It is
perfectly plain that the upper parts of the walls
were constructed of sun-dried bricks that in their
decay have formed the evenly sloping mounds.
The plan (Ill. 49) of this little chapel, with its
undivided nave, is interesting for one point -, the
chambers which flank the diminutive apse project
on both sides giving a T form to the general
outline. These chambers are reached only through
the presbyterium.
Church No. 3. This ruin is of the same
type as the last. The mound in this case is
square -, but in the centre of the depression within
the square is a low circular mound with piers
of stone at four angles of a square described
about it. Here again a wall of stone forms the
core of the mound, and every detail of the plan
of the building is perfectly preserved. This was
without question a domed chapel. The plan (Ill. 50) shows a square, with doorways
on the north, west and south, and an apse flanked by side chambers. At the western
angles of a square drawn in front of the apse stand the lower courses of two cruciform