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I'djâz (36) This large ruin has probably always
been inhabited. The number occupants is
now very small. The modern houses are
full of ancient carved fragments.

Church 429 A.D. - 430 A.D.
Well to the N.W. of the town is the ruins of a
large church of which the ground plan is easily
traced. Details of arches and portals abound
in the ruins. The voussoirs of the arches of the S. side lie between
the piers of the nave. Each of these arches have
a great inscription. Since these inscriptions
contain the expression "Holy Apostles" repeated
again and again. It seems that this church
must have been dedicated to the Apostles.

An inscription on one of the posts of the
chancel, two of which are in situ, gives the date
429 A.D. - 430 A.D. The caps of the piers of the nave
have each a band of incised ornament.

The cloister court has mouldings on the south
and east, and a colonnade was carried along
the side, at least, of the court.