pp. 38-40. 3 Especially from the central palace (Layard, Discoveries, p. 656). The smallrectangles shown on our plan at each side of the wall dividing the rooms marked2 and 3 from each other, represent slabs lying on the ground at the foot of the wallfor whose decoration they were intended. They… … VOL. II. Other Palaces of Mesopotamia. 43 Assyrian palace. This saloon would have been about 170 feetlong by 63 feet wide. As soon as the walls were raised he sawthat he could not roof it in. Neither barrel vault nor timberceiling could have so great a span. He determined to get overthe difficulty…
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