ae ological ▁and ▁architect ural ▁analysis ▁carried ▁out ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁shown ▁that ▁it ▁pred ates ▁Al - Ad il ' s ▁ref ort ification ▁of ▁the ▁cit adel ▁and ▁must ▁have ▁been ▁an ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁def ences ▁of ▁the ▁Sel ju q ▁cit adel . ▁The ▁function ▁of ▁this ▁building ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁Al - Ad il ' s ▁new ▁walls , ▁and ▁thus ▁after ▁losing ▁its ▁def ensive ▁function , ▁remains ▁unclear ▁as ▁the ▁arch ae ological ▁analysis ▁did ▁not ▁reve al ▁any ▁in ▁situ ▁material ▁from ▁which ▁the ▁building ' s ▁use ▁could ▁be ▁re construct ed . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁List ▁of ▁cast les ▁in ▁Sy ria ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁publications ▁on ▁the ▁cit adel ▁( in ▁French ) ▁ ▁Add itional ▁pictures ▁from ▁the ▁rest oration ▁project ▁ ▁Category : Build ings ▁and ▁structures ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 0 7 6 ▁Category : Build ings ▁and ▁structures ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 2 1 6 ▁Category : Build ings ▁and ▁structures ▁in ▁Dam asc us ▁Category : Cast les ▁in ▁Sy ria ▁Category : Build ings ▁and ▁structures ▁inside ▁the ▁w alled ▁city ▁of ▁Dam asc us ▁Category : A yy ub id ▁architecture ▁Category : R u ins ▁in ▁Sy ria ▁Category : F ort s ▁in ▁Sy ria <0x0A> </s> ▁Ab rost ola ▁ab rost ol ina ▁is ▁a