Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Volume 23Institut français d'archéologie orientale., 1924 |
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Page 103
... arrow - slits served by it are visible , and there must be casemates , or at least a gallery round the tower , for ... slit level , assuming , of course , that it was once square . masonry , unlike that of the other towers , is t ( 103 ) 3-
... arrow - slits served by it are visible , and there must be casemates , or at least a gallery round the tower , for ... slit level , assuming , of course , that it was once square . masonry , unlike that of the other towers , is t ( 103 ) 3-
Page 104
... arrow - slits . We have now reached the Burg Kerkyalan . — BURG KERKYALÂN . This great tower is 20 m . 60 high on ... slit , visible on the exterior , shows that one giving a flanking fire has been walled up on the inside and plastered over .
... arrow - slits . We have now reached the Burg Kerkyalan . — BURG KERKYALÂN . This great tower is 20 m . 60 high on ... slit , visible on the exterior , shows that one giving a flanking fire has been walled up on the inside and plastered over .
Page 106
... arrow - slits are arranged , as shown , in the two outer corners , also an arrow - slit in each flank , making eight in all . The rear part of this tower is arranged differently , its salient feature being a mutilated cruciform central ...
... arrow - slits are arranged , as shown , in the two outer corners , also an arrow - slit in each flank , making eight in all . The rear part of this tower is arranged differently , its salient feature being a mutilated cruciform central ...
Page 107
... arrow - slit facing outwards , and two others giving a flanking fire ( Fig . 4 ) . The interior of the western tower shows no signs of ever having communicated with the banquette which runs westward from it , as the masonry of the ...
... arrow - slit facing outwards , and two others giving a flanking fire ( Fig . 4 ) . The interior of the western tower shows no signs of ever having communicated with the banquette which runs westward from it , as the masonry of the ...
Page 108
... arrow - slits are visible on the exterior about 6 metres above the outer ground level , but I have failed to find a ... slit , of which one side had been broken away . The floor of the gallery was covered by a layer of rubbish about ...
... arrow - slits are visible on the exterior about 6 metres above the outer ground level , but I have failed to find a ... slit , of which one side had been broken away . The floor of the gallery was covered by a layer of rubbish about ...
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ad-Din al-'Âdil already appears arabe archway arrow-slit arrow-slits Arsinoé Bâb al-Mudarrag back barracks Bérénice Bubaste built Bulletin Burg al-Haddad Burg ar-Ramla Burg Kerkyalân Byblos Caire Cairo Canal des Pharaons CASANOVA chamber Citadel corner tower covered curtain wall door doorway east Egypt Égypte égyptien enclosure entrance Érythrée find first floor found gallery Gate gateway great tower half-round tower high Imhotep inner inscription interior l'Égypte l'isthme de Suez lac Timsah latter left length level little lower masonry Memphis mer Rouge metres Muḥammad Aly Muqaṭṭam narrow no doubt north northern enclosure Nûr once opening ouâdî outer Palace parapet passage Péluse Pharaons Plate provided Ptah ramparts recess right rooms round route runs rusticated Saladin same Sarapis says seen Sekhmet semi-circular shown side similar slabs small south staircase stone storey Strabon Syria texte three towers tunnel-vault upper uræus vaulted voussoirs west whole work XXIII Zarou