From Ayoun ruined walls of the same kind as those we met with in approaching Ayoun extend as far as Oerman [Arabic], distant one hour and a half, in the open plain. Oerman is an ancient city, somewhat larger than Ayoun. In it are three towers, or steeples, built in the usual mode, which I have described at Kuffer. On the walls of a miserable building adjoining the S. side of the town are the following six inscribed tablets, built into the wall; the second is inverted, a proof that they have been placed in this situation by modern barbarians as ornaments:
OERMAN.
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1. [Greek].
2. [Greek].
3. [Greek].
4. [Greek].
5. [Greek].
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Between the first and second inscriptions is a niche in the wall, about four feet high; resembling the annexed figure: [xxxxx].