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Bāḳirḥa

ornamented gateway - To the south of this is a
small square building and adjoining this
a large archway with moulded pilaster
caps and archivolt. To the north is the
east wall of a church or at least a building
which is oriented, hand carved apse, aisles
divided by 2 rows and ornamented doorways.

Within the gateway we find a long 2 story
colonnade on the south adjoining the small sq.
building mentioned above, and on the west
side of the courtyard a high terrace wall
which seems to have been surrounded by
a colonnade.

Church. On the north stands the completely
ruined building which I have called a church.
The straight east wall is all that is preserved
of this building but within it it is possible
to trace the foundations of a semicircular
apse with chapels on either side of
irregular shape. The south wall preserves only
a single doorway with decorated lintel bearing
a GK. insc. and the date 537 A.D.^ (W.K.P. insc. 13). ^ The interior