BSY_FB_17-09

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Dair Mâr Mārûn March 6, 1900

About two miles southwest of
the above monument, in the side of a cliff
high above the east bank of the Orontes is
an ancient rock hewn convent faced with
an artificial wall which is now in ruins.

A number of cells and chambers are cut
in the living rock and all were connected
by a passage of the native of a corniche which
was walled up in front and provided with
narrow slit windows. The entrance was
from the west through a doorway built
in the wall of the first chamber. This
chamber seems to be a natural cave. From
here the passage leads along under the
over-hanging cliff with three deep curved niches
cut in the face of the rock. At the end of the
passage we came to a doorway cut in the
face of the rock. This opens into a
large well-cut chamber extending far to
the east where is cut an apse-like niche.

To the left as you enter the doorway is

9

Dair Mâr Mārûn March 6, 1900

About two miles southwest of
the above monument, in the side of a cliff
high above the east bank of the Orontes is
an ancient rock hewn convent faced with
an artificial wall which is now in ruins.

A number of cells and chambers are cut
in the living rock and all were connected
by a passage of the native of a corniche which
was walled up in front and provided with
narrow slit windows. The entrance was
from the west through a doorway built
in the wall of the first chamber. This
chamber seems to be a natural cave. From
here the passage leads along under the over-
hanging cliff with three deep curved niches
cut in the face of the rock. At the end of the
passage we come to a doorway cut in the
face of the rock. This opens into a
large well-cut chamber extending far to
the east where is cut an apse-like niche.

To the left as you enter the doorway is