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Kefr Nabo or Nabu
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serves as the occasional residence of an absentee
It was
It
Both side-chambers opened upon the aisles by means
chamber is directly connected with the sanctuary.
Symbetylos and Leon, three divinities which are known, from an inscription,1 to have
been worshipped in this place.
of small doorways, only the north
The south chamber contains a large
stone settle, plainly, but carefully,
executed. The capital of the standing
column (Ill. 323), and several others
which I saw in the ruins, are of that
rather crude Christian treatment of
the Ionic order which is to be seen
in a number of very early churches
in Northern Syria. It is probable
that all the capitals were of this type.
All signs point to an early date for
this church, — the rubble walls, the
proportions of the nave, the straight
lintels of the windows, the doorways
for both side-chambers, and the crude
Ionic capitals, all indicate a period
not later than the middle of the
fourth century.
Chapel : Date : 525 A. D. This
is the little building mentioned above
which has been put in repair, and
landlord who owns, or at least controls, an olive grove in a valley hard by.
impossible to take complete measurements of the chapel because it was closed,
measures about 7 m. by 10 m. on the outside, and has a complete little apse projecting
j 1
1
-1—1-
1
1
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1
1 x m
from the east wall. The structure is quite plain, having been constructed of large and
well finished blocks of limestone. Its exterior decoration consists of a salient cornice
of the usual type and three incised ornamental discs upon the lintel of its south portal
upon which is also found a good Syriac inscription 3 which designates the chapel as a
Martyrion and gives the date 525/6 A. D.
1 III, B, 6, inscr. 1170.
2 Div. IV, Sect. B. inscr. 52.
295
serves as the occasional residence of an absentee
It was
It
Both side-chambers opened upon the aisles by means
chamber is directly connected with the sanctuary.
Symbetylos and Leon, three divinities which are known, from an inscription,1 to have
been worshipped in this place.
of small doorways, only the north
The south chamber contains a large
stone settle, plainly, but carefully,
executed. The capital of the standing
column (Ill. 323), and several others
which I saw in the ruins, are of that
rather crude Christian treatment of
the Ionic order which is to be seen
in a number of very early churches
in Northern Syria. It is probable
that all the capitals were of this type.
All signs point to an early date for
this church, — the rubble walls, the
proportions of the nave, the straight
lintels of the windows, the doorways
for both side-chambers, and the crude
Ionic capitals, all indicate a period
not later than the middle of the
fourth century.
Chapel : Date : 525 A. D. This
is the little building mentioned above
which has been put in repair, and
landlord who owns, or at least controls, an olive grove in a valley hard by.
impossible to take complete measurements of the chapel because it was closed,
measures about 7 m. by 10 m. on the outside, and has a complete little apse projecting
j 1
1
-1—1-
1
1
|a+
1
1 x m
from the east wall. The structure is quite plain, having been constructed of large and
well finished blocks of limestone. Its exterior decoration consists of a salient cornice
of the usual type and three incised ornamental discs upon the lintel of its south portal
upon which is also found a good Syriac inscription 3 which designates the chapel as a
Martyrion and gives the date 525/6 A. D.
1 III, B, 6, inscr. 1170.
2 Div. IV, Sect. B. inscr. 52.