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Derḳîta.

This little building is not over 12ft. square,
interior measurement, it has a portal, to the
west, of decorative character, and another
on the north side near the apse, plainer
but with a [corinthian] insc. in Greek (W.K.P. insc. 32)
dating the building to 421 A.D. The upper course
is provided with an over hanging cornice
and a deep moulding is carved around
the curve of the apse at the spring of the vault.

On the interior, the walls are quite plain, having
been probably plastered originally. The face of
the apse arch is quite smooth with only
a simple cross carved on the keystone.

Adjoining this church on the west
is a long building running East to West.
It was originally provided with a colonnade
of two stories now only the main walls of the
structure are standing. The lower story
was partially excavated in the rock so that
the level of the front is below the outside level
of the rear wall. The rear wall and that