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Ḳirḳ Bêzā

The two large houses on the north side of
the town, whose rear walls formed part
of the town wall seem to have been the
principal buildings of the place. They
are similarly planned having an
open court with high unbroken wall toward
the town and doorways opening from
the street between them. Within this we
find a colonnaded portico running the
full length of the houses and behind this
three larger rooms on the ground floor with
unornamented doorways upon the portico.

The upper story is preserved in the walls
but the floors, which were of timber, have of
course disappeared leaving traces only
in the sockets for beams cut in the solid
stonework.

The colonnades were also probably two
storied but have all fallen down, the
columns and capitals are still to be
seen in the ruins showing them to have