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232 Division II Section B Part 5
the fact that its fallen details were of the plainest sort; but I found interest in the
towers on account of their number, and because each of them was supplied with what
seemed to be a latrina. Careful measurements were taken of this detail, and I pro-
pose to publish them herewith, taking this occasion to discuss the subject of these,
and similar, structures in general; for, in spite of their frequent appearance in the
ancient architecture of Syria, I can find no detailed publication of them. The accom-
panying photograph (Ill. 233) shows the ruins of the church on the left, one of the
more ruined towers in the middle, and one of the better preserved towers on the
right. The detail in question, the latrina is presented in a complete set of drawings
in Ill. 234.
This feature, so common in the architecture of Southern and Northern Syria, and
so often found as a detail
of towers and tower-like
structures, is a very im-
portant one, not only in
connexion with the history
of civilized sanitation, but,
also, as a possible aid
in determining the use of
these tall buildings. Most
of the examples which
appear in the towers of
the little town of Kefr
Hauwar are of the ordin-
ary rectangular type sup-
ported on corbels, that
have been illustrated re-
cently in this Part, at
Serdjibleh1 and atKfellu-
sin.2 The example which
I have chosen to describe
in detail, is of curved
form, and has no real
corbels. Its floor is com-
posed of a single slab
(Ill. 234) which projects
in. 234. outside the wall in a
semi-circle, and is carried
through the wall, to project within, as a rectangle bounded by the ends of the semi-
circle produced in straight lines. The projecting semicircle which is pierced with a
hole, as the drawing shows, and rests partly upon two blocks which are not true corbels,
carries two thin semi-circular courses, each 12 cm. thick and 83 cm. high, one course
composed of a single stone, the other of two stones, both, of course, cut to convex
form without and concave form within, and both bonded well into the wall. The roof
■' ■■■Mr
In
1 111. 232.
2 Ills. 227, 228.
the fact that its fallen details were of the plainest sort; but I found interest in the
towers on account of their number, and because each of them was supplied with what
seemed to be a latrina. Careful measurements were taken of this detail, and I pro-
pose to publish them herewith, taking this occasion to discuss the subject of these,
and similar, structures in general; for, in spite of their frequent appearance in the
ancient architecture of Syria, I can find no detailed publication of them. The accom-
panying photograph (Ill. 233) shows the ruins of the church on the left, one of the
more ruined towers in the middle, and one of the better preserved towers on the
right. The detail in question, the latrina is presented in a complete set of drawings
in Ill. 234.
This feature, so common in the architecture of Southern and Northern Syria, and
so often found as a detail
of towers and tower-like
structures, is a very im-
portant one, not only in
connexion with the history
of civilized sanitation, but,
also, as a possible aid
in determining the use of
these tall buildings. Most
of the examples which
appear in the towers of
the little town of Kefr
Hauwar are of the ordin-
ary rectangular type sup-
ported on corbels, that
have been illustrated re-
cently in this Part, at
Serdjibleh1 and atKfellu-
sin.2 The example which
I have chosen to describe
in detail, is of curved
form, and has no real
corbels. Its floor is com-
posed of a single slab
(Ill. 234) which projects
in. 234. outside the wall in a
semi-circle, and is carried
through the wall, to project within, as a rectangle bounded by the ends of the semi-
circle produced in straight lines. The projecting semicircle which is pierced with a
hole, as the drawing shows, and rests partly upon two blocks which are not true corbels,
carries two thin semi-circular courses, each 12 cm. thick and 83 cm. high, one course
composed of a single stone, the other of two stones, both, of course, cut to convex
form without and concave form within, and both bonded well into the wall. The roof
■' ■■■Mr
In
1 111. 232.
2 Ills. 227, 228.