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II. B. 2.
the year, the month, and the name Paulos. The ornament was extended even to the
jambs of the windows and to both faces of the interior girder-arches of the rooms,
Ill. 88.
where two plain bands and a band of interlaces give a richness to the interior of the
living apartments that is not seen even in the more richly decorated houses of the
limestone country.
Houses Nos. 6 and 7. 474—478 A.D. These two houses form a connected
group (Ill. 89). Three dated inscriptions 1 and one undated were found in the ruins.
One gives the year 474-5 to House No. 6, another the year 477-8 to House No. 7,
the third is a later inscription, of the year 538-9, on a fallen lintel in House No. 7.
House No. 6, with its court, is nearly square. The residence portion consists of three
large rooms on the east side of the court, with a colonnade in front of them; a second
colonnade extends along the north side of the court. At the south end of the main
colonnade is a vestibule (E) consisting of a doorway and an arch; this doorway is dated
474—5 A.D. House No. 7 is built immediately south of No. 6, its block of rooms ex-
tending out from the middle of the square of the other house. Its residence portion
faces east, and is made up of two large arched rooms with a narrow compartment
between them, and at the north end. The court-yard is only half as large as that of
the other house-, directly opposite the vestibule of No. 6 is the vestibule (C) of No. 7,
and, adjoining it, on the east is a small dependency. The doorway of the vestibule
is dated 477-8 A.D., only three years later than the other. The two houses, I believe
1 Div. Ill, inscs. 983—5 and 995.
II. B. 2.
the year, the month, and the name Paulos. The ornament was extended even to the
jambs of the windows and to both faces of the interior girder-arches of the rooms,
Ill. 88.
where two plain bands and a band of interlaces give a richness to the interior of the
living apartments that is not seen even in the more richly decorated houses of the
limestone country.
Houses Nos. 6 and 7. 474—478 A.D. These two houses form a connected
group (Ill. 89). Three dated inscriptions 1 and one undated were found in the ruins.
One gives the year 474-5 to House No. 6, another the year 477-8 to House No. 7,
the third is a later inscription, of the year 538-9, on a fallen lintel in House No. 7.
House No. 6, with its court, is nearly square. The residence portion consists of three
large rooms on the east side of the court, with a colonnade in front of them; a second
colonnade extends along the north side of the court. At the south end of the main
colonnade is a vestibule (E) consisting of a doorway and an arch; this doorway is dated
474—5 A.D. House No. 7 is built immediately south of No. 6, its block of rooms ex-
tending out from the middle of the square of the other house. Its residence portion
faces east, and is made up of two large arched rooms with a narrow compartment
between them, and at the north end. The court-yard is only half as large as that of
the other house-, directly opposite the vestibule of No. 6 is the vestibule (C) of No. 7,
and, adjoining it, on the east is a small dependency. The doorway of the vestibule
is dated 477-8 A.D., only three years later than the other. The two houses, I believe
1 Div. Ill, inscs. 983—5 and 995.