. Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens . MaKpovTeKTcop OvdXyjq. No. 204. Zengibar Kalesi. Stone block near the jvek sepnlchres. The Quarries, whence came most of the building material for thecity, are inside the city walls, on a hillside at the southeast corner ofthe walls. South of the Stoa, on an eminence, is a large quadrangularbuilding of unknown use. The southeast gateway is still standingintact; the greatest care was bestowed upon its construction, and thestones were adjusted with painstaking precision. It is built in accord-ance with the laws o
. Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens . MaKpovTeKTcop OvdXyjq. No. 204. Zengibar Kalesi. Stone block near the jvek sepnlchres. The Quarries, whence came most of the building material for thecity, are inside the city walls, on a hillside at the southeast corner ofthe walls. South of the Stoa, on an eminence, is a large quadrangularbuilding of unknown use. The southeast gateway is still standingintact; the greatest care was bestowed upon its construction, and thestones were adjusted with painstaking precision. It is built in accord-ance with the laws of mural defence in vogue in antiquity; that is,with a tower, and with the road so approaching the gateway as toexpose the shieldless side of the attacking party. The walls themselves are more beautiful even than those of Mes-sene or Assos. The following sketch will give an idea of the carewith which they were built, and of the way in which the stones werejoined, at least in the face view. 122 THE WOLFE EXPEDITION. Masons marks are everywhere abundant on the stones andwalls. A sharp descent from the southeast gateway brings us to , a noble spring in a pass between two peaks. At this placeare a number of pretentious tombs. Following down the httlevale through which flows the water from Bel Punar, and thuspassing around the east foot of the mountain once crowned byPalaea Isaura, I discovered numerous traces of the ancient roadleading up to the city. It is a good piece of engineering, andin many places it is supported by powerful abutments or retainingwalls. July 3. Ulu Pufiar to Fart, 4. h. 22 m. I spent half of the dayat Zengibar Kalesi, making impressions of inscriptions. I descended past Bel Pufiar to Ishiklar, where I found the ruinsof a once magnificent mausoleum. Thence around the east footof Assar Dagh to Hadjilar. Mr. Davis {Life in Asiatic Turkey,p. 421) says the name of the village is Ayidjilar (= the bear-hunters^, and not Hadjilar (= Mecca pilgrims). I heard o
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