Note 337 — Chapter V · THE FAÇADE
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An early Syrian example, possibly Nabataean, is to be found at Umtâ’iyyeh; Butler, Ancient Architecture in Syria, Sect. A, pt. ii, p. 89. Cf. too the façade of the basilical hall at Mshattâ. (Schultz-Strzygowski, Mschattâ, Plate 4), and an interesting example on the tambour of the church of the ‘Adhrâ at Ḥakh; Bell, Churches and Monasteries of the Ṭur ‘Abdin, p. 84 (28).