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II. B. 2.
of the tomb. Above the pilaster at the southeast angle is a bracket of basalt (Ill. 103),
a sort of corbel which was in all probability connected with a portico of columns in
front of the tomb, as I have represented it in the restoration. Such a disposition
would class the tomb with the famous tomb at the lower Dana, only a few miles to
the westward. The tomb has two loop-hole windows in the south wall and one in the
west wall. The interior was plain but for a dado moulding of simple profile.
Tomb II. Northwest of the ruins is a pyramidal tomb of about the same dimen-
The chamber contained but three sarcophagi,
and in place of the tetrastyle porch, there
was an arched vestibule in front of the
entrance. This is not shown in the photograph
(Ill. 104), but it is easily discovered in the
ruins. The arch of the vestibule (Ill. 105) is
placed between the returned ends of two anta
walls of the same height as the walls of the
tomb. The pyramid was placed above the
square chamber. The projecting anta walls
destroy the cubical appearance common to the
lower part of these pyramidal tombs; for the
building is thus a square and a half in plan,
and the pyramid covers only two thirds of
the substructure. This tomb had a simple
bevelled base moulding; it had also imitation
pilasters, without caps, at the angles, like those
of the tomb described above. Directly above
the pilasters runs an architrave with three
bands, a cyma recta and a fascia; there is
no frieze; but upon the architrave was placed
a cornice not unlike the architrave, but having
a wider and more projecting cymatium. There
is no coping in this case, and the slant of
the pyramid overhangs the cornice by 6 cm.,
a less satisfactory arrangement than in Tomb
No. 1. Two inscriptions1 were found in the
ruins of the vestibule; neither of them is dated.
This tomb, with its arched entrance, is especially interesting as presenting a form of
pyramidal tomb not known in the western mountains.
Tomb III. The ruins of a third tomb lie to the north of the church. The chamber
of this building is larger than either of the others, measuring 4.70 m. square on the
inside. The whole structure was destroyed in the collapse of the pyramid.
36. IL-GHADFEH.
The ruins on this site cover a large area. The place is deserted but for three
or four families. Limestone was almost exclusively used here for building purposes
sions as the first; but of different plan.
'CORNICE-
111.
.07
.06
Ma'rAta-
Tomb
FaqadeBestored
F
1NSCS104-3
1044i«
Side Elevation
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■'Base-
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-17
10
.10
1 Div. Ill, inscs., 1043, 1044.
II. B. 2.
of the tomb. Above the pilaster at the southeast angle is a bracket of basalt (Ill. 103),
a sort of corbel which was in all probability connected with a portico of columns in
front of the tomb, as I have represented it in the restoration. Such a disposition
would class the tomb with the famous tomb at the lower Dana, only a few miles to
the westward. The tomb has two loop-hole windows in the south wall and one in the
west wall. The interior was plain but for a dado moulding of simple profile.
Tomb II. Northwest of the ruins is a pyramidal tomb of about the same dimen-
The chamber contained but three sarcophagi,
and in place of the tetrastyle porch, there
was an arched vestibule in front of the
entrance. This is not shown in the photograph
(Ill. 104), but it is easily discovered in the
ruins. The arch of the vestibule (Ill. 105) is
placed between the returned ends of two anta
walls of the same height as the walls of the
tomb. The pyramid was placed above the
square chamber. The projecting anta walls
destroy the cubical appearance common to the
lower part of these pyramidal tombs; for the
building is thus a square and a half in plan,
and the pyramid covers only two thirds of
the substructure. This tomb had a simple
bevelled base moulding; it had also imitation
pilasters, without caps, at the angles, like those
of the tomb described above. Directly above
the pilasters runs an architrave with three
bands, a cyma recta and a fascia; there is
no frieze; but upon the architrave was placed
a cornice not unlike the architrave, but having
a wider and more projecting cymatium. There
is no coping in this case, and the slant of
the pyramid overhangs the cornice by 6 cm.,
a less satisfactory arrangement than in Tomb
No. 1. Two inscriptions1 were found in the
ruins of the vestibule; neither of them is dated.
This tomb, with its arched entrance, is especially interesting as presenting a form of
pyramidal tomb not known in the western mountains.
Tomb III. The ruins of a third tomb lie to the north of the church. The chamber
of this building is larger than either of the others, measuring 4.70 m. square on the
inside. The whole structure was destroyed in the collapse of the pyramid.
36. IL-GHADFEH.
The ruins on this site cover a large area. The place is deserted but for three
or four families. Limestone was almost exclusively used here for building purposes
sions as the first; but of different plan.
'CORNICE-
111.
.07
.06
Ma'rAta-
Tomb
FaqadeBestored
F
1NSCS104-3
1044i«
Side Elevation
■Restored-
WKUlIWUWBytUlWUW^IHlIUlUlll^
Anta-
- ------11$!',
■'Base-
l;
T”
-17
10
.10
1 Div. Ill, inscs., 1043, 1044.