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Bā'ûdi

Church 336 A.D. The church is small and much ruined,
only a portion of the west wall and a doorway
in the south wall with one pilaster of
the apse are standing. The church
seems to have been of simple plan ^ (no.3) ^ with
interior columns of various designs all simple
with square plinth and vertical lined abacus
ornamented with chain patterns and small + s.

Over the south doorway on the lower member
of the lintel is an inverted Greek insc.
(W.K.P. incs. 30) with letters not cut in but having
incised outlines. The insc. extends only
halfway across the lintel its date is 336 A.D.

The free standing private houses are
all built of squared blocks, they usually
have two storied colonnades between the
projecting end walls of the house. One has a
window divided by a colonnette. A house well
to the south, in perfect preservation has its
ground story divided, by two piers and a
heavy lintel, for a stable, with stone managers
between the piers.