The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . it is not even ascer-tained that any parapet at all edged the platform. On thewhole we seem to have no right to conclude, merely on accountof the small portions of parapet wall uncovered by M. Botta,that an upper story was a necessity to the palaces. If the As-syrians valued a view, they may easily have made their para-pets low in places: if they cared so little for it as to shut itout from all their hall
The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . it is not even ascer-tained that any parapet at all edged the platform. On thewhole we seem to have no right to conclude, merely on accountof the small portions of parapet wall uncovered by M. Botta,that an upper story was a necessity to the palaces. If the As-syrians valued a view, they may easily have made their para-pets low in places: if they cared so little for it as to shut itout from all their halls and terraces, they may not improbablyhave dispensed with the advantage altogether. The two questions of the roofing and lighting of the Assyrianpalaces are so closely connected together that they Avill mostconveniently be treated in combination. The first conjecturepublished on the subject of roofing was that of M. suggested that the chambers generally—the great halls,at any rate—had been ceiled with a brick vault. He thoughtthat the complete filling up of the apartments to the height offifteen or twenty feet was thus best explaiued; and he believed Vol. Plate LI 11. LH
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