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... Upper Palace had a moveable iron hearth on bronze wheels . The porch columns were of wood , with stone bases shaped either as a pair of lions or monsters , or in triple ornamented stone cushions having some likeness to the earliest ...
... Upper Palace had a moveable iron hearth on bronze wheels . The porch columns were of wood , with stone bases shaped either as a pair of lions or monsters , or in triple ornamented stone cushions having some likeness to the earliest ...
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... upper level was a further hall of state . Near the south - east corner of the courtyard the slope was cut away for the royal domestic apartments , three storeys high , the upper at courtyard level and the two lower facing outwards to ...
... upper level was a further hall of state . Near the south - east corner of the courtyard the slope was cut away for the royal domestic apartments , three storeys high , the upper at courtyard level and the two lower facing outwards to ...
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... upper room , be sub- divided to provide a solar , or have the solar as a conjoined room whether on the same axis or placed crosswise ; sometimes a chapel is the sole adjunct or there is a latrine chamber too . There are other variants ...
... upper room , be sub- divided to provide a solar , or have the solar as a conjoined room whether on the same axis or placed crosswise ; sometimes a chapel is the sole adjunct or there is a latrine chamber too . There are other variants ...
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Architecture in the Ancient Near East | 47 |
Architecture in India and Pakistan | 86 |
Architecture in Sri Lanka | 109 |
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