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Ḥarrân il-ʿArrāmîd May 14, 1900

Moving south from Ḍumêr across the
marshes of Bahret il 'Ateibe, we passed
through the above town which takes its
name from the columns of a classic
temple which tower above the surrounding
houses. The fact that the mud dwellings
stand incorporated with the ruin makes
it rather difficult to study the remains
in fact we could obtain no idea of the
extent or plan of the building.

But the bases of the columns themselves
being on a level with the roofs of the houses
makes it pretty certain that the temple
(if such it was) stood upon a high
sub-basement. The columns themselves, of which
there are three, constitute ^ an ^ angle of the
building. They are finely executed in
black basalt and are of the Roman
Ionic order with plain shafts (entasis)
and beautifully cut bases and capitals.

26

Ḥarrân il-ʿArrāmîd May 14, 1900

Moving south from Ḍumêr across the
marshes of Bahret il 'Ateibe, we passed
through the above town which takes its
name from the columns of a classic
temple which tower above the surrounding
houses. The fact that the mud dwellings
stand incorporated with the ruin makes
it rather difficult to study the remains
in fact we could obtain no idea of the
extent or plan of the building.

But the bases of the columns themselves
being on a level with the roofs of the houses
makes it pretty certain that the temple
(if such it was) stood upon a high
subbasement. The columns themselves, of which
there are three, constitute ^ an ^ angle of the
building. They are finely executed in
black basalt and are of the Roman
Ionic order with plain shafts (entasis)
and beautifully cut bases and capitals.