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Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria II, 1899
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District II. (continued) Djebel Berîsha. (continued) November 6, 1899
Burdj Bāḳirḥa. 20 mins. from Bashmishli
On the northern slope of the mountain, called Ḳublet-Bābuṭṭa, upon a spur of rock, stands the fine ruin of a pagan temple of Roman date, the first certainly classic building that we have found.
The temple faces the East, a considerable portion of the cella, with the entire west wall and gable is still standing. Of the pronaos only a single column and portions of three others are in place. The plan of the temple was a simple prostyle tetrastyle. It seems to have been surrounded by a walled temenos, of which, only a massive pylon, of simple design remains.
This gateway gives the history of the ^ origin of the ^ edifice in a Greek insc.* of good form. It, the pylon, was erected by three men in honor of Zeus in character of the god of the region, in the year 161 A.D.
*see W.K.P. insc. 12.