. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. Haurdn. EL-KANAWAT. 19. Route. 165 Mehkemeh, or Court House, with a Greek inscription. Ascending thehill, -we reach a large reservoir. Beyond the N. valley, on the roadto El-Kanawat, we cross a Roman bridge and reach an interestingtomb, -which rises on a basement with rude Doric half-columns andbears an inscription (perhaps of the 1st cent. ). El-Kanawat is reached from Es-Suweida by the direct road whichleads tothe inli/2lir. A slight digression (V2lir.) enablesus to visit At7l,
. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. Haurdn. EL-KANAWAT. 19. Route. 165 Mehkemeh, or Court House, with a Greek inscription. Ascending thehill, -we reach a large reservoir. Beyond the N. valley, on the roadto El-Kanawat, we cross a Roman bridge and reach an interestingtomb, -which rises on a basement with rude Doric half-columns andbears an inscription (perhaps of the 1st cent. ). El-Kanawat is reached from Es-Suweida by the direct road whichleads tothe inli/2lir. A slight digression (V2lir.) enablesus to visit At7l, a Druse village which contains a small and elegantly-built temple, now occupied as a Druse dwelling, and dating, accord-ing to the inscription, from the 14th year of the reign of AntoninusPius ( 151). Passing an old church with a tower, we come toanother temple, called El-Kasr, to the N. of the village. £1-Kanaw&t, perhaps the Biblical Kenath (Numb, xxxii. 42),and more certainly the Kanatha of classical writers, was, as isindicated by inscriptions, a flourishing town at an earlier date than. Bosra. Pliny and Ptolemy both include it in the Decapolls, andEusebius includes it in the province of Arabia. Bishops of Kanathaare mentioned in connection with several councils. Coins of thetown have been found with a veiled head of Isis on the reverse. On the W. side of the towii, outside the town-wall and to theleft of the road to the Es-Suweida, stand the ruins of a smallperipteral Temple. This rises on a terrace, 10 ft. in height, and,according to the inscription, was dedicated to Helios. Turning hence to the E. into the valley, we reach the lanes ofthe LowKE Town of El-Kanawat. It lies on the left bank of the brook, 166 Route 19. EL-KANAWAT. Eaurcin. ?which Tvas formerly crossed hy several bridges. The streets are stillwell paved at places and most of the houses are in good preservation.— On the right slope of the valley is a handsome Theatre, withnine tiers of seats. It is alm
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