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Album Name: Sm II
Site: Saimbeyli
Country: Turkey
Region: Cilicia, South-Central Turkey
Location: 37° 59’ N, 36° 05’ E
Cultures: Armenian
Author: Robert W. Edwards
Year(s): 1981
Description: B&W Photographs

	Image	Description
	Sm II.1	view SE from the monastery across the town of Saimbeyli to the fortress (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.2	view E at the collapsed building west of the fortress of Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.3	view NE at the southwest flank of fortress of Saimbeyli (at right) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.4	view NW and down at the collapsed building west of the fortress of Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.5	view SE at the interior of the collapsed building west of the fortress of Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.6	view NE at the southwest flank of the fortress of Saimbeyli (at right) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.7	view SW at the at the collapsed building west of the fortress of Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.8	view NW at the exterior of the south wall of the collapsed building west of the fortress of Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.9	view E at the interior of the east wall of the collapsed building west of the fortress of Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.10	view E at the upper storey of the interior of the collapsed building west of the fortress of Saimbeyli (not on plan); Tower A and B at upper left (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.11	view up at the exterior of the east wall of the collapsed building west of the fortress of Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.12	view SE at the exterior of Tower A on the north wall of the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.13	view SE at the exterior of Towers A and B on the north wall of the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.14	view S at the exterior of Towers A and B on the north wall of the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.15	view SE at the exterior of Tower A on the north wall of the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.16	view NW at the interior of Towers A and B in the north wall of the fortress of Saimbeyli; arrow shows location of the Monastic Basilica of St. James (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.17	view N at the interior of the circuit wall directly west of Tower A in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.18	view N at the interior of the second level of Tower A in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.19	view N at the interiors of Tower B and Chapel C in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.20	view E at Chapel C in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.21	view NE at Chapel C in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.22	view N at Chapel C in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.23	view NW from Salient E across Chambers D and F in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.24	view SW at the interior of Chamber F in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.25	view NW into the lower entrance to Tower B in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.26	view E at Salient E in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.27	view SE at the west wall of Chamber F in the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.28	view NW from Salient E at the southwest flank of the fortress of Saimbeyli (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.29	view NW from the fortress of Saimbeyli across the valley to the Monastery of St. James (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.30	view SE at the Monastery of St. James (not on plan); arrow shows location of Saimbeyli fortress (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.31	view SE at the central apse of the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan); latrine attached to the recently built house in the south aisle empties directly into the Crypt of the Patriarchs below the apse (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.32	view S at the south niche in the central apse of the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli with modern latrine above (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.33	view NE at the north apsidiole in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (note recent unauthorized excavations) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.34	view NE at the north apsidiole in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (note recent unauthorized excavations) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.35	view up at the apsidal semi-dome of the north apsidiole in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.36	view up at the apsidal semi-dome of the central apse in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.37	view up at the apsidal semi-dome of the central apse in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.39	view NE at the interior of the nave in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.40	view NW at the exterior of the chevet in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.42	view SW at the exterior of the northeast corner of the chevet in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.43	view S at the exterior of the chevet in the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.44	view W at a fountain southwest of the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli (not on plan) (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)
	Sm II.46	view N at the exterior of the Monastic Basilica of St. James at Saimbeyli with the recently built house over the south aisle (Robert W. Edwards, 1981)

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