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Serdjibleh

Tower. The tower is of particular interest, being
quite an independent structure of five stories.
Its plan is oblong divided from bottom to top
into 2 unequal compartments. The lowest story
is roofed by large slabs of stone supported on
a continuous corbel mould and in the larger
chamber by an arch across the middle.
The entrance is in the east side of the smaller
chamber where a hole in the ceiling indicates
the place of the stairs. The second story in
the smaller compartment has a small
closet built out on brackets in the west wall.
This forms the two holes in the stone floor, can have
been nothing less than a "cabinet." Every story
is provided with windows of fair size, decorated
with fine mouldings on the outside and the inside
of the walls show niches, closets and other details
of domestic [harmony] - There are large holes in the
east and west walls for the large floor beams and
small ones on the others for the insertion of smaller
rafters.