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Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria IV, 1900
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Churches with relief mouldings
Ḳalb Lauzeh Bāḳirḥā West ch & Bapistry Bāḳirḥā East Ch Bashmishli Dar Kilā S.Ch Burdj id-Dērûnī Kо̄kanâya S. Ch. Kasr Iblesu Bānḳûsa Djūwanîyi Dersêta Kh. Tezin Khirbit Tēzîn Ruwêḥā Baʿuda Ḥâṣṣ 'Arshîn
Norris: Diary, January - May, 1905
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April Thursday 20 1905 Dâr Kîtā day about as yesterday Barometer L. 28.08. Broke camp. 8-17 going N. crossing steep wadi and well up opposite hill side to 8-45 Khirbit Tēzîn a small ruined town with well preserved church. Left 10-24 going N. draw E. side of a hill 10-32 Ḳasṛ Iblîsū a small R. town on a shoulder projecting toward N. to few foot hills and then plain - 2 churches, one standing one in foundations. Left 11-32 going E. down hill to small cultivated valley + then E. to E. S. E. up wadi in which are remains of Roman Road to 'Ain Dilfeh, a R. town in wadi widly scattered poor ruins on both side of road many signs of Arabic occupancy. 2 Built fountains out of which burst springs of clear water Left 12-15 following road up Wadi passing 12:30 Kasr il-Benât, a cluster of ruined buildings well preserved with a high tower standing the ruin of a large convent. Followed up wadi still on R. road which in places is cut through the solid rock in ?(mins (approx. 10) passing 2 inscriptions cut in the rock in recessed plate, one stating that under Marcus Auralius Augustus the road was changed to a higher level and the other dated in 6th century (588 AD) fixing the boundaries of the country of the Kaprobaradi + the (?Biziki). In another 7 mins we branched up a wadi to the N.W. ascending in 20 mins to a table land crossing this to N.N.W. arriving in another 15 mins at Serdjibleh a ruined town class B. uninhabited but some tents pitched near it and part of the table land under cultivation in 3 mins we descended wadi winding to N.W. for 15 mins + then up a steep rocky hills side to in 10 mins. Kfellūdîn, inhab. by 3 or 4 families of Turksman a small ruin of a town but nothing worth seeing. From there after lunching for 1 h 17m we rode to W. over contd.
Butler Notes: Islamic Architecture in Central and Northern Syria
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We returned to this mountain to revisit the ruined town in its northern end discovered by the Am. Exped. All the deserted towns north of Burdj Baḳirhā were visited again for a more detailed study.
The camp was pitched at Dâr Kîtā; from there we made trips to Bābisḳā, Ksêdjbeh, Bāḳirhā, Khirbit Tēzîn, Khirbit il-Khaṭîb, and Kasr Iblîsū.
At Dâr Kîtā, F.A.R. surveyed the town, and I measured almost every building of which there are walls standing.
At Bābisḳā, F.A.R. made a rough survey and I measured the bath and the buildings about it, including the bazarrs of Khaus to the East.
At Ksêdjbeh, I measured the buildings on the cloister of the E. Church and measured the church itself. In Bābisḳā a new insc. was found.
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At Bāḳirhā, I measured the W. church ^see p 54 with the buildings about its cloister, and went up to the temple, where I found an altar between the north anta and the column. I also measured Burdj id-Dērûnī, which was published only in photo in Part II. The E. wall of the church at Bāḳirhā is certainly later than the rest of the building which is quite early. This wall is in good VI century style, and the division walls of the sanctuary contain wedge blocks from an older half-dome. The W. end of the church is a [brick] wall of crude polygonal work.
In Khirbit Tēzîn, I measured the church ^see p. 53^ and found an inscription in buildings to the S.W. Visited the ruined town, entirely of heavy quadrated work, at the top of the hill. Several rows of 2 story piers are in situ.
