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its walls, but it terminates toward
the East in a flat wall pierced with
a double row of windows.

A short distance to the East of this building
are the delapidated remains of a
structure of nearly equal dimentions
with the above, also planned with 3
aisles, separated by piers and broad
arches, and terminating in a
semi-circular apse. This building is also
properly oriented for a church and seems
from the fragments to have been
rich in architectural sculpture.

The two structures are equally
suitable to be considered church edifices
but the second has the advantage
of an apse which brings it more into
line with the churches of the region at
Ḳalb Lauze and Kfêr.

The better preserved of the two has a
large well paved courtyard adjoining