BSY_FB_12_003

‘Arâk il-Emîr (cont.) Mar 17, 1909

circum. at top 2.32 one of these columns had a
long upper drum to which the capital was
attached (all one piece.); but the capital is
in a wretched state of preservation, and I could
not tell certainly whether it was like the
Corinthian capital of the columns at the North
end or like the bull's-head capitals of the
interior. No further data for the restoration
of the interior of the South porch could be
obtained, nor could I discover if there was a
portal in the south end of the cella.

I took some measurements of the mud walls
of the interior. These walls are not parallel with
the main walls of the temple, they are crudely
constructed. They may be early Christian or
later Saracenic. There are unmistakable remains
of stone vaults.