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II. B. 2.
built largely of sun-dried bricks. Its plan is perfectly preserved in low walls which project
from a mound of clay. This church was of the ordinary plan (Ill. 57), but the nave was
almost square, having but two bays. The church stood on the east side of an enclosure,
with three portals in its walls. Two inscriptions 1 were found here. Both were on lintels
which belonged either to the church itself or to the portals in the wall of enclosure.
In section A—B (Ill. 58) a resto-
ration is shown in which the basalt
portions of the structure are distin-
guished from those which were in
sun-baked brick. The arches and
the piers, and the doorways of the
side chambers are drawn from the
ruins. The upper parts are, of
course, conjectured. One of the
lintels (Ill. 59) is carved as a long panel with two lines of letters in relief, separated
from a conventional pattern of grape-vine by a bead-and-reel. In the middle is a
cross, also in relief, with two wafers and the A and 11). The
drawing is from a sketch by Dr. Littmann.
Church No. 8. This ruin is of the same class as the
above, but is a little larger. The plan (Ill. 60) is of the most
common type. The nave is almost square, like Church No. 7 ;
both side chambers open upon the nave and connect with the
presbyterium. An inscribed lintel3 was found near this site.
Its inscription indicates that the lintel belonged to a church
dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It is quite possible that the
lintel belonged to this very church.
Public Buildings. There are mounds and half-buried walls
of at least two large buildings immediately west of the barracks;
but both are in such a complete state of ruin and are so deeply
buried in soil and debris that their plans could not be made out completely without
excavations. The first building I have called a
bath. Its plan (Ill. 61), so far as it could be traced,
shows a large rectangular apartment with an apse
towards the north. Toward the southwest, and
joined to the other ruins by a straight wall, is
a circular apartment, 9.30 m. in diameter, that
might well have been a caldarium. An inscription 3
containing a reference to a bath, was found on the
north side among the ruins of this structure. The
building was far more extensive than the plan
given herewith would indicate. The whole struc-
ture covered at least three times as much space
as the part shown here, which was the only portion
in which accurate measurements could be taken,
covered an extensive area, appears to have been
1 Div. III, inscs. 926, 927. 2 Div. Ill, insc. 930. 3 Div. Ill, insc. 918.
II. B. 2.
built largely of sun-dried bricks. Its plan is perfectly preserved in low walls which project
from a mound of clay. This church was of the ordinary plan (Ill. 57), but the nave was
almost square, having but two bays. The church stood on the east side of an enclosure,
with three portals in its walls. Two inscriptions 1 were found here. Both were on lintels
which belonged either to the church itself or to the portals in the wall of enclosure.
In section A—B (Ill. 58) a resto-
ration is shown in which the basalt
portions of the structure are distin-
guished from those which were in
sun-baked brick. The arches and
the piers, and the doorways of the
side chambers are drawn from the
ruins. The upper parts are, of
course, conjectured. One of the
lintels (Ill. 59) is carved as a long panel with two lines of letters in relief, separated
from a conventional pattern of grape-vine by a bead-and-reel. In the middle is a
cross, also in relief, with two wafers and the A and 11). The
drawing is from a sketch by Dr. Littmann.
Church No. 8. This ruin is of the same class as the
above, but is a little larger. The plan (Ill. 60) is of the most
common type. The nave is almost square, like Church No. 7 ;
both side chambers open upon the nave and connect with the
presbyterium. An inscribed lintel3 was found near this site.
Its inscription indicates that the lintel belonged to a church
dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It is quite possible that the
lintel belonged to this very church.
Public Buildings. There are mounds and half-buried walls
of at least two large buildings immediately west of the barracks;
but both are in such a complete state of ruin and are so deeply
buried in soil and debris that their plans could not be made out completely without
excavations. The first building I have called a
bath. Its plan (Ill. 61), so far as it could be traced,
shows a large rectangular apartment with an apse
towards the north. Toward the southwest, and
joined to the other ruins by a straight wall, is
a circular apartment, 9.30 m. in diameter, that
might well have been a caldarium. An inscription 3
containing a reference to a bath, was found on the
north side among the ruins of this structure. The
building was far more extensive than the plan
given herewith would indicate. The whole struc-
ture covered at least three times as much space
as the part shown here, which was the only portion
in which accurate measurements could be taken,
covered an extensive area, appears to have been
1 Div. III, inscs. 926, 927. 2 Div. Ill, insc. 930. 3 Div. Ill, insc. 918.