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pyramid of stone. Viewed from the front, the tomb looks like the usual Syrian cubical
tomb with a pyramidal top; from the rear it appears to be simply a pyramid. The
pyramid has now fallen, but its angle and other details were discovered from among
the ruins.
DALLOZA.
A few native families have settled amid the ruins of Dalloza, making their crude
habitations in the ancient buildings without disturbing any of the more important mo-
numents. The ancient town, like Serdjilla, consisted of a small church and a number
of large villas, with a few houses, arranged along narrow streets, as the nucleus of the
town. One of the villas is the finest of its type that I have seen in Syria.
Church. The church is a simple Syrian basilica, standing in the southwest quarter
of the town; it is almost absolutely ruined, only a portion of the apse and diaconicum,
and a small section of the nave wall having escaped destruction. The dilapidation how-
ever was wrought by natural causes, and all of the details lie as they fell, so that it
is possible to make a com¬
plete ground plan. The
plan (Ill. 151) closely re¬
sembles that of the church
of Serdjilla without its
pseudo-transept, and its
dimensions are almost
identical. Its arcuated lin¬
tels are also of the same
kind as those of the Ser¬
djilla church, as are the
engaged columns on either
side of the apse and at
the west end of the nave
arcades. It would seem
as if this church belonged
the middle of the fourth century.
Domestic Architecture. About 13 m. east of the church stand a couple of town
houses, that is to say houses placed with reference to streets and other blocks of dwell-
ings. A narrow street passes along the north side, or rear, of this group, and termi-
nates in a cul-de-sac at the west end of the row. Each house is composed of two
rooms and a passage on the ground floor (Ill. 152). The houses face the south, and
had colonnades of but one story. The westernmost of the two houses has a large
room at its west end, then a long narrow room opening upon the passage which is
divided into an arched vestibule opening upon the street (Ill. 152) and a square chamber
giving upon the court. The house is in an admirable state of preservation, and the
vestibule is one of the most interesting in the region. It has a ceiling of stone slabs,
above which is a porter’s chamber also ceiled with slabs of stone (see section in Ill. 152).
There is a small window in this chamber directly above the arch of the entrance, and
a hole in the stone floor connecting with a groove in the east wall of the vestibule.
2.. 2. a
K-W ARCWED LINTEL
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as the other, and I would date it about
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DALLOZA-
Ill. 151.
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pyramid of stone. Viewed from the front, the tomb looks like the usual Syrian cubical
tomb with a pyramidal top; from the rear it appears to be simply a pyramid. The
pyramid has now fallen, but its angle and other details were discovered from among
the ruins.
DALLOZA.
A few native families have settled amid the ruins of Dalloza, making their crude
habitations in the ancient buildings without disturbing any of the more important mo-
numents. The ancient town, like Serdjilla, consisted of a small church and a number
of large villas, with a few houses, arranged along narrow streets, as the nucleus of the
town. One of the villas is the finest of its type that I have seen in Syria.
Church. The church is a simple Syrian basilica, standing in the southwest quarter
of the town; it is almost absolutely ruined, only a portion of the apse and diaconicum,
and a small section of the nave wall having escaped destruction. The dilapidation how-
ever was wrought by natural causes, and all of the details lie as they fell, so that it
is possible to make a com¬
plete ground plan. The
plan (Ill. 151) closely re¬
sembles that of the church
of Serdjilla without its
pseudo-transept, and its
dimensions are almost
identical. Its arcuated lin¬
tels are also of the same
kind as those of the Ser¬
djilla church, as are the
engaged columns on either
side of the apse and at
the west end of the nave
arcades. It would seem
as if this church belonged
the middle of the fourth century.
Domestic Architecture. About 13 m. east of the church stand a couple of town
houses, that is to say houses placed with reference to streets and other blocks of dwell-
ings. A narrow street passes along the north side, or rear, of this group, and termi-
nates in a cul-de-sac at the west end of the row. Each house is composed of two
rooms and a passage on the ground floor (Ill. 152). The houses face the south, and
had colonnades of but one story. The westernmost of the two houses has a large
room at its west end, then a long narrow room opening upon the passage which is
divided into an arched vestibule opening upon the street (Ill. 152) and a square chamber
giving upon the court. The house is in an admirable state of preservation, and the
vestibule is one of the most interesting in the region. It has a ceiling of stone slabs,
above which is a porter’s chamber also ceiled with slabs of stone (see section in Ill. 152).
There is a small window in this chamber directly above the arch of the entrance, and
a hole in the stone floor connecting with a groove in the east wall of the vestibule.
2.. 2. a
K-W ARCWED LINTEL
ir .La • gL;
as the other, and I would date it about
CHVDCH
AT^ _
DALLOZA-
Ill. 151.
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NAVE ARCADE-