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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.