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Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria IV, 1900
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These extensive ruins were also published in extenso by de Vogüé. They comprise 2 very interesting churches, a bath and a large number of private houses in different styles besides a large structure completely ruined which from its massiveness seems to have been a stronghold.
Church. This is one of the oldest in the region and was of large dimensions. The north wall with its 2 doorways and high narrow, slit windows is preserved. The concealed deep semi-circular apse with its side chapels is partly ruined while the S. and W. walls are completely gone with the narthex. From the arches of the exterior it is possible to restore the structure in part at least. The columns - 9 on a side - stood close together. At the end of either colonnade was an engaged monolithic column. The arches were simply cut in an architrave of two members (see opp. page). The columns stood on bases a foot high and had capitals of
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A small ruin about 5 minutes walk S.W. of Midjleyya - situated on both sides of a deep wadi. The buildings, which are chiefly private houses of different styles and a small church, are much ruined.
Church. This is of little interest and quite small. It had aisles and a consealed apse between chapels. The capitals of the columns are of the corbelled type - the first instance of the use of this type in the interior of a church. It is impossible to say how many columns there were or what the superstructure was like.
Houses. Of these there are a number of small square houses in large quadratic style and several of the developed colonnaded kind.
The most interesting are the houses on the slopes of the wadi where the lower story is completely excavated in living rock and arched over to support a superstructure
