BSY_FB_17-64

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Above the architrave is a narrow projecting course
elaborately carved with a foliate design this
is carried through the entablature and forms
an over hanging cornice on the inner sides.

Upon this is placed a narrow frieze band
perfectly plain above which is a simple
carving moulding - The pilaster caps of
the cella are wanting but the bases are of
spreading form [encircled] with [uncurled] leaves
in flat relief. The mouldings of the main
portal and the niches are again of curious
design bearing a close resemblance to the earlier
mouldings at Sîʿ. In the portal a
flat band of grape vine ornament highly
ornamentralized is used between the egg & dart and a
[...] pattern of small rosettes set in squares.

The rope ornament is used on the inner most member.
In the niches the egg & dart occurs between courses
of incised lines and narrow leaf ornament. The
rope is used here also. The centre of the
pediment is occupied by a large rosette.