Princeton Expeditions to Syria (1899, 1904-1905, 1909)

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Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria I, 1899

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District No. I p. 6. Benâbil p. 11. Barrîsh p. 16. Ḳirḳ Bêzā p. 20. Kfêr p. 25. Beḥyō p. 29. Kefr Kîla p. 31. Kalb Lauzi p. 36. Barrîsh (Kefr Kîla) p. 37. Beshindelâya p. 44. Beshindelinti p. 45. Ma'ṣarti

District No. II p. 50 Banaḳfûr p. 56 Bāmuḳḳā p. 61 Bāshakûḥ p. 65 Silfâyā p. 68 Khirbet el-Khaṭîb p. 69 Khirbet Tēzîn p. 70 Ḳaṣr Iblîsū p. 72 Bashmishli [continued in Part II]

Types of Church Plans illustrations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Churches. Plan Supports
Benâbil No. 2 0
Kfêr 2 0
Beḥyō 4 6 cols?
Kefr Kîla ? ?
Ḳalb Lauzi 6 4 piers
Barrish (K.K.) 1 0
Banaḳfûr No. 3 6 cols.
Bāmuḳḳā 3 cols.
Khirbat el-Khaṭîb 3 ?
Khirbet Tĕzîn 3 6 cols
Ḳaṣr Iblîsū 1 0
Bashmishli 3 4 piers
Basilicas Bêḥyō Banaḳfûr
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Bettir November 13, 1899

After crossing over from the Djebel el A'la to the northern end of the Djebel Barisha ^see p. 50^ we returned after ten days to the valley and encamped in the modern village of Hattân.

From this point we visited several towns in the northern end of the valley and one town in the Djebel el A'la that we had omitted.

This is the ruin of Bettir not over 3/4 mile north of Barrîsh on the very edge of the precipitous slope of the Djebel el A'la.

The ruins comprise a small church and a variety of much ruined private houses.

Church. The church is situated at the south eastern extremity of the town. It is of simple plan (no. 3) with 2 rows of 3 arches each on piers - not columns - It measures 58ft 6. x 34ft outside. The aisles are 9ft 6. wide. There is a western portal, destroyed and another to the south intact. Only the eastern wall, the south apse chapel, and a portion of the adjoining S. wall are standing.

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Bashmishli

Above the window of the second story and just below the cornice is a tablet, carved upon the surface of the wall, dovetailed at either end and like those seen in hundreds of the great stone sarcophagi of the region. Upon this is inscribed in Greek characters the name of the owner of the house and the date of its erection, 536 A.D. (W.K.P. insc. no. 11 ½)

This is particularly interesting as fixing the building as a dwelling and giving at least one date to the peculiar style of decorations employed on the portal and in the window mouldings.

In the northern part of the town is a small square structure of massive squared blocks, it is entered by a small doorway. Within is a deep square basin cut in the natural rock and connected with it, by a small aperture, an oval cistern. It is in all respects like the presses so common here. The little building is roofed with huge blocks of stone which are held up by 2 well-made round arches (see Barrish p. 74)

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Bashmishli

This is the second example of the use of megalithic ceiling in connexion with arched construction. The other being in Barrish in the Djebel el A'la. This is also the first presumed example of a covered olive or wine press.

To the west, on the edge of the modern valley are found portions of two great columns and an oblong block carved all round with a cornice. These fragments of huge bases, broken shafts and this bit of cornice undoubtedly prove the ^ former ^ existence here of a bicolumnar monument like that at Benâbil and the one described at Sînnada.

This like the Benâbil example seems to have been of purely classic Roman design and undoubtedly dates from the second century A.D. - the first important period of Roman influence here.

End of Part I.

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