BSY_FB_17-55

55

Between the East gate and il Mâḳa'id
on the north side of the avenue stands a
ruined building of very irregular plan.

It was not very extensive and is much
dilapidated - the walls are well built
very heavy and faced with well dressed
stone within and without - the feeling being
of good concrete. At the western end
of the structure is a room which preserves
one half of an octagon - this had an
open arch toward the west. It is not
possible to tell if the opposite end ^ of the room ^ completed
the octagon - the walls at this point are
very much ruined but the construction here
is extremely heavy as if to support some
great supposed weight. In one of these
masses of masonry is a large piece of earthen
ware pipe 30cm. in diameter, in a
perpendicular position as if to carry a large supply
of water. The other rooms are of most
irregular plan and small - some of the walls
show clamp holes for marble revetment.