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Butler Notes: Islamic Architecture in Central and Northern Syria
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A small building S.E. of the church, which may have been a baptistry, bears a date in Syriac corresponding to the year 513 A.D. This I believe is later than the church, for the mouldings of the piers of the apse arch and of the nave are of early profile, more like those of the portal of a house nearby which is dated 424 A.D. and still more like those of the IV century church of Fafirtan, see p. 90.
A number of stoae are preserved in 2 stories. All consist of 2 stories of piers, though in one case the upper half of the piers is carried into a column.
The curiously irregular house shown on opp. p. and dated 421 and 453 A.D. is of better workmanship, and some of the walls are still standing. The place is full of large rock hewn chambers which may have been cisterns and presses. They are now used as stables, but there are no conveniences for cattle, as the approach is difficult.
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Churches
Fafirtan 372 I'djâz 383-395 Bābisḳā, E. 390-407 Ba'udeh 392 Ksêdjbeh, E. 414 Dâr Kitā St. Paul's 418 Kasr Iblesu, W. 431 Kh. il Khatib Khirbit il-Khaṭîb 473 Basufan, St. Phocas 491 Kalôtā Ḳalʿat Kalôtā, E. 492 Bakuba Bourg Bakuba, W. 501 Kh Hassan Khirbit Ḥasan 507 Dar Kita Dar Kitā ST. Sergius 537 Bakuba Bourg Bakuba, E. 546
