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iṭ-Ṭûbā

Houses. (Ill 17)
The houses of iṭ-Ṭûbā are of two plans, one simple,
in which a series of rooms open upon a colonnade
which faces a small walled court, another in which
a small square court is surrounded with rooms.
In this plan a large vestibule with rectangular
doorways and interior arch gives access to the court.
The court was probably surrounded with a colonnade.

572 A.D. (Ill 18)
The outer portals of these vestibules were large, with
huge lintels one of which bears the date 572 A.D.
Another portal is ornamented with grapevine designs
of crude character incised upon the jambs and lintel.
The interior of the vestibule of this house is highly
finished and the walls of the rooms that still stand
are of a high class of work. The presence of
many slender columns within the court suggests
that the court was colonnaded.

Tower (Ill 19)
A tower in the N.W. angle of the ruins preserves only
the walls of its lower story; but one may see the voussoirs
of the relieving arch above the portal and the arch
which divided the interior into two rooms.