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Selemîyeh March 9-10, 1900

Our next move was to Selemîyeh, a large modern
town, on the edge of the desert, the seat of a [Kaihuakun]
The village is built about an old Saracenic
fortress which with the older houses is built
almost entirely of fragments of the ancient
Greco-Roman city of [Saleminicus|Salemiuius]

No building or portion of a building of the old
city remains, but enormous quantities of ancient
building material and ornamental details
are to be seen on all sides.

The only remains of classic architecture
that I could find were a number of large
column shafts in red granite and one good
marble capital in Corinthian style.

The later ^ Roman ^ and Christian periods are
represented by many mouldings, lintels, and a large
variety of capitals in debased styles.

A few doorways are preserved in lintels and
jambs and three doors were found, well
preserved but thrown down. These doors are small
and exactly like those seen at Khan Sebil and