Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Volume 23Institut français d'archéologie orientale., 1924 |
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... round and passes under the north - western corner of the northern enclosure , where there is a semi - circular tower ( A ) and a length of curtain wall resting on a low cliff of rock ( Fig . 1 , and Plates XXI - XXII ) . This road ...
... round and passes under the north - western corner of the northern enclosure , where there is a semi - circular tower ( A ) and a length of curtain wall resting on a low cliff of rock ( Fig . 1 , and Plates XXI - XXII ) . This road ...
Page 101
... round tower ( Plate IV , △ ) . This curtain wall , which has been reinforced with a very thick glacis , ends in a great tower ( H ) 20 metres square , of rusticated masonry like that already mentioned . A length ( 51 metres ) of smooth ...
... round tower ( Plate IV , △ ) . This curtain wall , which has been reinforced with a very thick glacis , ends in a great tower ( H ) 20 metres square , of rusticated masonry like that already mentioned . A length ( 51 metres ) of smooth ...
Page 102
... round tower ( S ) , brings us to a re- entrant angle , from which another strip 45 metres in length , and running north , ends in a half round angle tower ( T ) , in size slightly larger than the many half - round ones we have already ...
... round tower ( S ) , brings us to a re- entrant angle , from which another strip 45 metres in length , and running north , ends in a half round angle tower ( T ) , in size slightly larger than the many half - round ones we have already ...
Page 103
... round tower of apparently normal type ( Plate IV , △ ) . There is evidently a gallery in the curtain wall , as the arrow - slits served by it are visible , and there must be casemates , or at least a gallery round the tower , for the ...
... round tower of apparently normal type ( Plate IV , △ ) . There is evidently a gallery in the curtain wall , as the arrow - slits served by it are visible , and there must be casemates , or at least a gallery round the tower , for the ...
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... round tower ( Plate VI , B ) brings us to the mighty Burg at - Ţurfa ( Fig . 3 ) , which is almost exactly 30 metres square ( 2 ) , slightly battered and built of rusticated blocks like the Burg Kerkyalân . This tower , which serves to ...
... round tower ( Plate VI , B ) brings us to the mighty Burg at - Ţurfa ( Fig . 3 ) , which is almost exactly 30 metres square ( 2 ) , slightly battered and built of rusticated blocks like the Burg Kerkyalân . This tower , which serves to ...
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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