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Ḳaṣr il-Benât

Monastic Buildings. North of the church and the tower is a
large group of buildings which may have been
the residence of the inmates of the monastery
or a "pandokeion" for pilgrims. All are
built in the plainest, severest style. The
undecorated quadrangular - the large buildings
are in three stories and have three story
colonnades of the plain quadrangular order.

East of the church is a small 2 story building
open to the west, on the ground floor, between two
piers. The lower story was used as a mausoleum
and has large arcosolia in there walls.