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102
II. B. 2.
carefully executed in basalt, and highly finished. The building may be taken as an
example of all the better class of architecture in the region most of which has fallen
prey to earthquake, or has been despoiled by the hand of man.
41. il-habbAt.
is an
111. 119.
Tower-
welfare was
could never
their spiritual
The garrison
This
first,
The
fort;
Upon the crest of a gentle roll in the undulating country south of Marata
is the second place of this name that we visited
being on the plateau of the cAla, is described in
town was a comparatively small one in antiquity
it has been completely demolished, and there are
ancient site called il-Habbat.
in this quarter of Syria, the
Part I of this Section (p. 8).
grouped about a late Roman
evidences of quite recent occupation by a small number of settlers; but it is now quite
deserted. It was possible to trace only two buildings in the piles of debris. One of
these was the Roman fort, the other a small
tower. From numerous indications it would
seem that the town was situated upon an ancient
road running north and south.
Fort: 556-7, a.d. The fort was a small
one; its plan (Ill. 119) is a square of about
25 m. with towers 5 m. square at the angles.
The entrance is near the south end of the
east side; this is an ordinary doorway, only
a little more than 1 m. wide, with an inscribed
lintel1 giving the date 556-7 a.d. A little
east of the middle of the enclosed square is
a diminutive apse, and, west of this, the founda-
tions of a small square chapel are to be found.
The towers were set into the angles of the
square in the usual manner, and some fallen
piers show that the angles of the towers within
the square were connected by arcades. The
walls were 94 cm. thick, as is common in the
military architecture of the region, and were
They were well constructed, and are perfectly
another meter may be buried in the debris; but
that the walls were of lighter construction above
reinforced by a batter wall outside.
preserved to a height of over 2 m.;
I believe
__ A the present height which is level all around. Fragments
iLnADDAl- of wpite mosaic were found in one of the towers; and each
of the towers was not long since provided with a kubbeh
of mud and converted into a house. The only living apart-
ments provided here for the guard were these towers which
were originally in two stories. There can be no doubt that
provided for in the little chapel in the midst of the court,
have been a large one, judging by these accommodations.
I NSC-1057-
il-HabbAt-
Fort- DateT56/7-
1 I)iv. Ill, insc. 1057.
II. B. 2.
carefully executed in basalt, and highly finished. The building may be taken as an
example of all the better class of architecture in the region most of which has fallen
prey to earthquake, or has been despoiled by the hand of man.
41. il-habbAt.
is an
111. 119.
Tower-
welfare was
could never
their spiritual
The garrison
This
first,
The
fort;
Upon the crest of a gentle roll in the undulating country south of Marata
is the second place of this name that we visited
being on the plateau of the cAla, is described in
town was a comparatively small one in antiquity
it has been completely demolished, and there are
ancient site called il-Habbat.
in this quarter of Syria, the
Part I of this Section (p. 8).
grouped about a late Roman
evidences of quite recent occupation by a small number of settlers; but it is now quite
deserted. It was possible to trace only two buildings in the piles of debris. One of
these was the Roman fort, the other a small
tower. From numerous indications it would
seem that the town was situated upon an ancient
road running north and south.
Fort: 556-7, a.d. The fort was a small
one; its plan (Ill. 119) is a square of about
25 m. with towers 5 m. square at the angles.
The entrance is near the south end of the
east side; this is an ordinary doorway, only
a little more than 1 m. wide, with an inscribed
lintel1 giving the date 556-7 a.d. A little
east of the middle of the enclosed square is
a diminutive apse, and, west of this, the founda-
tions of a small square chapel are to be found.
The towers were set into the angles of the
square in the usual manner, and some fallen
piers show that the angles of the towers within
the square were connected by arcades. The
walls were 94 cm. thick, as is common in the
military architecture of the region, and were
They were well constructed, and are perfectly
another meter may be buried in the debris; but
that the walls were of lighter construction above
reinforced by a batter wall outside.
preserved to a height of over 2 m.;
I believe
__ A the present height which is level all around. Fragments
iLnADDAl- of wpite mosaic were found in one of the towers; and each
of the towers was not long since provided with a kubbeh
of mud and converted into a house. The only living apart-
ments provided here for the guard were these towers which
were originally in two stories. There can be no doubt that
provided for in the little chapel in the midst of the court,
have been a large one, judging by these accommodations.
I NSC-1057-
il-HabbAt-
Fort- DateT56/7-
1 I)iv. Ill, insc. 1057.