The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
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644.) It is evident, from the marks of the place where the architrave was inserted, that not verv much of the anta is worn away.
" The entire area covered by the Palace of Darius, even if we include the portico, is Httle more than 13,000 square feet. The area covered by the Palace of Sargon seems to have been about 20,000 feet ; that covered by the Palace of Sennadierib at Nineveh was 40,000 square yards, or 360,000 feet.
Digitized by Google Chap. V. VALACE OF DARIUS. 259 1 I *. o c Digitized b...y Google 260 THE FIFTH MONARCHY.
.Chap. V.
Internally, it was remarkable for the small number of its apartments, which seem not to have been more than twelve or thirteen,** and for the moderate size of most of them. Even the grand central hall covered a less area than three out of the five halls in the country palace of Sargon,*^ The efiect of this room was probably fine, though it must have been some- what over-crowded with pillars." If these were, how- ever, (as is probable*'^) light wooden posts, plated with silver or with gold, and if the ceiling consisted (as it most likely did) of beams, crossing each other at right-angles, with square spaces between them^ all likewise coated with the precious metals " — if more- over the cold stone walls, excepting where they were broken by a doorway, or a window, were similarly decked " — if curtains of brilliant hues hung across the entrances " — if the pavement was of many-coloured stones,'* and in places covered with magnificent car- pets ^ — if an elevated golden throne, imder a canopy of purple,** adorned the upper end of the room, stand- ing against the wall midway between the two doors — if this were in truth the arrangement and oma- ^ M.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
644.) It is evident, from the marks of the place where the architrave was inserted, that not verv much of the anta is worn away.
" The entire area covered by the Palace of Darius, even if we include the portico, is Httle more than 13,000 square feet. The area covered by the Palace of Sargon seems to have been about 20,000 feet ; that covered by the Palace of Sennadierib at Nineveh was 40,000 square yards, or 360,000 feet.
Digitized by Google Chap. V. VALACE OF DARIUS. 259 1 I *. o c Digitized b...y Google 260 THE FIFTH MONARCHY.
.Chap. V.
Internally, it was remarkable for the small number of its apartments, which seem not to have been more than twelve or thirteen,** and for the moderate size of most of them. Even the grand central hall covered a less area than three out of the five halls in the country palace of Sargon,*^ The efiect of this room was probably fine, though it must have been some- what over-crowded with pillars." If these were, how- ever, (as is probable*'^) light wooden posts, plated with silver or with gold, and if the ceiling consisted (as it most likely did) of beams, crossing each other at right-angles, with square spaces between them^ all likewise coated with the precious metals " — if more- over the cold stone walls, excepting where they were broken by a doorway, or a window, were similarly decked " — if curtains of brilliant hues hung across the entrances " — if the pavement was of many-coloured stones,'* and in places covered with magnificent car- pets ^ — if an elevated golden throne, imder a canopy of purple,** adorned the upper end of the room, stand- ing against the wall midway between the two doors — if this were in truth the arrangement and oma- ^ M.
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