BSY_FB_28-072

March Monday 13 1905

Shêkh 'Ali-Kāsun 8:00 A.M. Temp 47º Baro L 27.67
clear overhead - clam - showery conditions all around.
Left camp 8:42 Tell id-Deheh[?] 9:35 a small M.[?]
village B. Basalt with a Knoll found with rubble. [insertion: over polygonal masonry] 2 very
small poor ruins of mosques built of more ancient material
which was not very good. 6 inscriptions G. dates 469, 592, 569
489 a.D.
Left 10:45 [insertion: going S by E.] arrived [Zabbûdeh]] 10:51 a small competely
ruined village of poor grade uninhabited. 4 G. [unclear] dates
589, 591 a.D. Launched[?]
Left 1:55 going N by W. arrived [il-Berdôneh]] 2:47 small
village of Muslem[?] peasants owned in Hâmā, built of ancient
material. a new square home of the owner of the village making
it distinguishable for some miles around it is an about
the highest part of the 'Alī plateau. 2 insec[?] G. no dates.
Left going S by W 3:48 arrived 4:13 Umm Hārtên a small
completely ruined place uninhabited - tower[?] a distinct clusters of
ruins as the name would indicate. on poor ruins of small church.
1 insec. G. no date
Left 4:43 going E by S. arrived camp 5:50.