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II. B. 2.
exception, are all intact but for their capitals. The plan comprises two large arched
rooms, with a narrow apartment between them, on the north side of a square court.
A colonnade extends across the front of the
house and turns southward to a vestibule on the
west side of the court. The capitals of the
columns are all campaniform and are carved
with different patterns in low relief; one of them
is shown in the illustration. The outer doorway
of the vestibule has a fine lintel ornamented with
an inscription 1 in beautiful letters in high relief.
House No. II: 392 a.d. The plan of this
HOVSEN?I' house (Ill. 100) is substantially like that of the
other, except that three large rooms occupy the
residence side of the court, and a single arch,
in the middle of the wall opposite the residence,
replaces the vestibule. The house is two thirds of limestone; the easternmost room
being of basalt. The ornamental details, which are confined to the limestone part, are
of precisely the type we should expect to find in a house of the same period in the
Djebel Riha. The original two stories of
colonnades lie in a confused mass, the
capitals are badly broken; but it is possible
to see that they were designed on Doric
lines in the lower story and after debased
Corinthian models in the upper story. A
section of the upper architrave is shown
in the illustration; it bears an inscription2
of the year 392 a.d. A projecting string
course in the front wall of the house divided
the two stories and carried one end of the
floor beams of the upper colonnade. It
was carried above the mouldings of the
lintel of the middle doorway as a part of
the lintel stone. The frame mouldings of
the door are unusually elaborate for so
early a period (Ill. 100), consisting of two
fascias, a fillet, a shallow cyma recta, a be-
velled fillet and a fascia which is inscribed.3
House No. III. This house was chosen
for publication for the reason that both
limestone and basalt were used in its con-
Archithave
5tringl'ovrse-
Ill. 100.
struction. Here again the plan (Ill. 101) shows the residence on one side ot a large
court. The rooms are four, alternating square and narrow. On the side of the court
opposite the residence was a long structure, probably a stable, and the vestibule is
placed at one end of this. All the walls are of limestone; but the interior arches and
1 Div. Ill, insc. 1038.
2 Div. Ill, insc. 1036.
3 Ibid. insc. 1037.
II. B. 2.
exception, are all intact but for their capitals. The plan comprises two large arched
rooms, with a narrow apartment between them, on the north side of a square court.
A colonnade extends across the front of the
house and turns southward to a vestibule on the
west side of the court. The capitals of the
columns are all campaniform and are carved
with different patterns in low relief; one of them
is shown in the illustration. The outer doorway
of the vestibule has a fine lintel ornamented with
an inscription 1 in beautiful letters in high relief.
House No. II: 392 a.d. The plan of this
HOVSEN?I' house (Ill. 100) is substantially like that of the
other, except that three large rooms occupy the
residence side of the court, and a single arch,
in the middle of the wall opposite the residence,
replaces the vestibule. The house is two thirds of limestone; the easternmost room
being of basalt. The ornamental details, which are confined to the limestone part, are
of precisely the type we should expect to find in a house of the same period in the
Djebel Riha. The original two stories of
colonnades lie in a confused mass, the
capitals are badly broken; but it is possible
to see that they were designed on Doric
lines in the lower story and after debased
Corinthian models in the upper story. A
section of the upper architrave is shown
in the illustration; it bears an inscription2
of the year 392 a.d. A projecting string
course in the front wall of the house divided
the two stories and carried one end of the
floor beams of the upper colonnade. It
was carried above the mouldings of the
lintel of the middle doorway as a part of
the lintel stone. The frame mouldings of
the door are unusually elaborate for so
early a period (Ill. 100), consisting of two
fascias, a fillet, a shallow cyma recta, a be-
velled fillet and a fascia which is inscribed.3
House No. III. This house was chosen
for publication for the reason that both
limestone and basalt were used in its con-
Archithave
5tringl'ovrse-
Ill. 100.
struction. Here again the plan (Ill. 101) shows the residence on one side ot a large
court. The rooms are four, alternating square and narrow. On the side of the court
opposite the residence was a long structure, probably a stable, and the vestibule is
placed at one end of this. All the walls are of limestone; but the interior arches and
1 Div. Ill, insc. 1038.
2 Div. Ill, insc. 1036.
3 Ibid. insc. 1037.