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debris one finds
cross wall which
will be observed
we discover that
vault, one opening
on the
cessary
ment.
piers.
the opposite side, no such wall was found, only a buttress at either end.
search reveals two broken columns between the piers, and upon these we must recon-
struct three lower arches, to support the three upper arches now represented by a single
pilaster buttress in the story above (Pl. XIX Sect. A—B). The whole process of reason-
ing would have been perfectly apparent from the first, if the fourth T-form pier had
not been completely demolished. Continued search reveals - what one might expect -
a third wing abutting the vestibule at the east; but all this part of the ruins is the
most deeply buried in debris. At the foot of the pilaster buttress (a) is a fragment
of a heavy moulding that capped the wall below, and, in the face of the pilaster, is
a socket that held one end of a parapet. The other piers also have sockets. It is
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Syria, Div. II, Sec. B., Pt. 4. 23
toward the
terminates
that walls
formed the
that these
the large square compartment, with the T-form piers at its angles, was flanked on the
west by a tall wing with a lean-to roof. If we examine the north wall, with the three
windows in it, more carefully, it will be seen that it was carried up in a gable, and
we perceive at once that the peak of the gable was of the same height as the top
of the lean-to roof (Pl. XIX, North Elevation), and we arrive at the conclusion that another
wing opened out from the square compartment on the north. A more minute observation
of the arch springers above the pilaster buttresses gives the approximate curve of the
arches, which proves that they were not wide enough to have stretched from one pier
to the other; but that three arches of this span would be required to bridge the space.
A careful search among the ruins that fill the lower story of the square apartment,
brings to light a number of column shafts just as long as the pilaster buttresses are
high ; from which it may unquestionably be reasoned that three sides, at least, of the
central square, in the upper story, were bounded by arcades of three arches each, one
group of arches opening into the north wing (Pl. XIX Sect. C—D) above the tunnel
into the west wing, and the third giving upon the upper loggia
north side of the open court. With this much information in hand, it is ne-
to burrow into the mass of ruins that fills the lower story of the square apart-
A solid wall with a doorway in it is discovered connecting the two western
Upon this wall stood the columns of the three arches on that side; but, on
Further
outside, breaks through a thick wall that supports the north side of the tunnel vault;
while its south side is carried by another thick wall, 7.50 m. long, just before us.
At the west end of the north wall stands the T-form pier (a), already described, and
directly south of it, 7.50 m. distant from it, and just at our right, stands a similar
pier (b). .At our left, and 7.50 m. from the latter pier, stands a third T-form pier (c).
Three piers standing at three angles of a square give the first clue to the decipher-
ment of the plan. It is then noticed that each of the piers consists of two finished
pilasters set at right angles which make the angles of the square; each of these rises
straight to a height of 3 m. and is there broken back showing a gap where the
springers of an arch have been. Above this point the masonry towers up still 4 m.
higher. The third arm of the T in each of these great buttresses shows an unevenly
broken surface, indicating that it was continued in a wall; of the two which project
west, one, the northern, preserves one side of an arched window, the other
in the jamb of a doorway. Looking below among the
were actually carried about 4 metres to the west, to a
west wall of this part of the building; looking upward it
walls were finished off by a lean-to roof (Ill. 181). Thus
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debris one finds
cross wall which
will be observed
we discover that
vault, one opening
on the
cessary
ment.
piers.
the opposite side, no such wall was found, only a buttress at either end.
search reveals two broken columns between the piers, and upon these we must recon-
struct three lower arches, to support the three upper arches now represented by a single
pilaster buttress in the story above (Pl. XIX Sect. A—B). The whole process of reason-
ing would have been perfectly apparent from the first, if the fourth T-form pier had
not been completely demolished. Continued search reveals - what one might expect -
a third wing abutting the vestibule at the east; but all this part of the ruins is the
most deeply buried in debris. At the foot of the pilaster buttress (a) is a fragment
of a heavy moulding that capped the wall below, and, in the face of the pilaster, is
a socket that held one end of a parapet. The other piers also have sockets. It is
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Syria, Div. II, Sec. B., Pt. 4. 23
toward the
terminates
that walls
formed the
that these
the large square compartment, with the T-form piers at its angles, was flanked on the
west by a tall wing with a lean-to roof. If we examine the north wall, with the three
windows in it, more carefully, it will be seen that it was carried up in a gable, and
we perceive at once that the peak of the gable was of the same height as the top
of the lean-to roof (Pl. XIX, North Elevation), and we arrive at the conclusion that another
wing opened out from the square compartment on the north. A more minute observation
of the arch springers above the pilaster buttresses gives the approximate curve of the
arches, which proves that they were not wide enough to have stretched from one pier
to the other; but that three arches of this span would be required to bridge the space.
A careful search among the ruins that fill the lower story of the square apartment,
brings to light a number of column shafts just as long as the pilaster buttresses are
high ; from which it may unquestionably be reasoned that three sides, at least, of the
central square, in the upper story, were bounded by arcades of three arches each, one
group of arches opening into the north wing (Pl. XIX Sect. C—D) above the tunnel
into the west wing, and the third giving upon the upper loggia
north side of the open court. With this much information in hand, it is ne-
to burrow into the mass of ruins that fills the lower story of the square apart-
A solid wall with a doorway in it is discovered connecting the two western
Upon this wall stood the columns of the three arches on that side; but, on
Further
outside, breaks through a thick wall that supports the north side of the tunnel vault;
while its south side is carried by another thick wall, 7.50 m. long, just before us.
At the west end of the north wall stands the T-form pier (a), already described, and
directly south of it, 7.50 m. distant from it, and just at our right, stands a similar
pier (b). .At our left, and 7.50 m. from the latter pier, stands a third T-form pier (c).
Three piers standing at three angles of a square give the first clue to the decipher-
ment of the plan. It is then noticed that each of the piers consists of two finished
pilasters set at right angles which make the angles of the square; each of these rises
straight to a height of 3 m. and is there broken back showing a gap where the
springers of an arch have been. Above this point the masonry towers up still 4 m.
higher. The third arm of the T in each of these great buttresses shows an unevenly
broken surface, indicating that it was continued in a wall; of the two which project
west, one, the northern, preserves one side of an arched window, the other
in the jamb of a doorway. Looking below among the
were actually carried about 4 metres to the west, to a
west wall of this part of the building; looking upward it
walls were finished off by a lean-to roof (Ill. 181). Thus