BSY_FB_16-09a

from bottom of p. 10

The north gate was of the nature of a dipylon. The
preserved part is the outer of the two portals. The
inner one is completely ruined. The two were
fifty meters apart and were connected by two
massive walls. These were largely reconstructed
in the Saracenic period and the material
employed was largely drawn from the neighboring
necropolis for the walls are full of Roman stelae,
some of which we took out and copied and squeezed.

Both towers are a mere mass of broken stones.
tho' that to the east shows parts of two engaged
columns in place. The interior staircase can
be reached through an opening near the top
of the mass of broken material. The ruin
shows the gate to have been quite ornate for
it is full of fragments of columns, pilasters,
caps and heavy cornice blocks.