Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 85
i 2. parte simple. The entrance was covered by an advanced work, standingout some eighty-three feet into the plain. Each angle of thissort of barbican was protected by a low tower, about forty feetwide. Through the centre of the curtain uniting- these towersthere is a first vaulted passage, leading… … 0 10 10 ^0 40 50 Fig. 24.—Plan of one of the ordinary gates at Khorsabad ; from Place. is not a uniform tunnel. The mass through which it runs is290 feet thick, and in two places it is crossed at rieht ancrlesby transepts wilder than itself (D and F). The tunnel ends ina kind of open vestibule…
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