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Bābisḳa

The domestic architecture of Bābisḳa
is of simple character a considerable
number of houses are in plain megalithic
style with dividing floors of large slabs
carried by simple piers and architraves.

All of the doorwards are slightly ornamented
and a few new designs of lintel decoration
were noted (see photos).

Besides the houses there are a large
number of long two story colonnades
with shallow structures behind them.

These colonnades are roofed with stone slabs
and are sometimes 100ft long. Some
of them are perfectly plain while others
have moulded caps or architraves or both.
In some cases two colonnades are found
facing each other not over 25ft. apart.

The fact that the emphasis is given
to the colonnades while the buildings to which
they belong are comparatively unimportant
would seem to warrant the hypothesis