Histori/ of Dor. 15 



double corner koka at the back on the left there is a niche eighteen 

 inches high and nine inches across, probably intended for a lamp. 

 This tomb is of the same general type as the others found in the 

 neighborhood, and api>arently dates from at least as early as the 

 beginning of the Christian era. 



Among the more important ruins near Dor, Dreihemeh' deserves 

 mention. It lies east of the mound, commanding the entrance to 

 the rock-cut passage through the ridge^. There are here ruins of 

 buildings, several columns and a number of tombs. Guerin speaks 

 of an ancient well here, Bir Drimeh {'^4-->^^ Z-^"?)? ^^^^ in the rock, 

 square in shape, and with holes dug in its side to permit one to de- 

 scend to the bottom\ North of Dreihemeh lie the ruins and tombs 

 of Khurbet Heiderah\ There is here a shaft ten feet deep and 

 sixteen feet wide at the top, with a staircase and small recesses in 

 its side. At the springs called 'Ayun Heiderah^ there are deep 

 ruts in the stone three feet, three inches apart and about six inches 

 wide each, made, probably, by the carts of the Crusaders. Here 

 are also tombs cut in the rocky ridge. A foot-path crosses the 

 coast plain diagonally from Tantura to Kefr Lam°, a small village 

 of mud hovels crowded within the walls of an ancient Crusading 

 fort; the distance is about two and one-half miles. Farther north 

 the village of Siirafend', a small collection of mud cabins with 

 ruins to the north, stands upon the ridge. 



1 S.W.P. 3Iem. II, p. 11; Guer., Sam. 2:309. 



2 See p. 14. 



' Guerin {Sa7n. 3:309) finds in the name Drimeh the Greek name Apv/j6c of 

 Strabo {Geog. XVI, 2:28) and Josephus (B.J.I. , 13:2; Ant. XIV, 13:3), de- 

 scribed as being the region adjacent to Mt. Carmel. The Greek word 

 signifies " oak-coppice." On the other liand, the form of the name as given 

 by the p.e.f. (see note 1, p. 14) is Dreihemeh, apparently a diminutive 

 form from the Greek <^paxff/ and denoting " a small silver coin." It is quite 

 possible that the Greek Apv/ndc has in popular use been changed to Dreihe- 

 meh as a form more easily understandable. 



* S.W.P. Mem. II, p. 30; Guer., Sam. 2:308. 



"S.W.P. Mem. II, p. 6, 5vjk.x:s^ =" declivity," "descent," or possibly 

 '* lion." (S.W.P., Name Lists, p. 140; Lane's Arab. Diet.) 



« Wilson, Pict. Pal, pp. 114 flf.; S.W.P. Mem. II, p. 3. 



' S.W.P. Mem. II, p. 4; Kitter, Die Erdkunde, XVI, p. 113. 



