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Beshindelâya October 30, 1899

To the (blank) of Kefr Kila and (blank) of Ḳalb Lauzi
are extensive remains of a town of
importance and early date. The chief ruin
here is called by the natives dâr el-melik
(palace of the King) nearby is an elaborate
rock cut tomb with an inscription in Greek
and, in the immediate neighborhood,
the ruins of extensive buildings and
private houses.

The ruins of the palace are not
particulary extensive consisting of only a small
building preserved in two stories with small
plain windows and two well built round
arches, springing from piers ^ with moulded caps, ^
which covered a passage about 8ft wide
connecting the courtyard with the tower in
the north. Besides this only the tower
portions of the walls are found and these
greatly dilapidated. The court-yard