. A dictionary of the Bible .. . it is impossible for us to draw a lineanywhere, or say how flu- temple cella or palace hall would be a coiTCct designation forthis part of the building. It probably was usedfor all great semi-religious ceremonies, such as thecoronation or enthronization of the king—at suchceremonies as returning thanks or making offerings a For details of this restoration, see The Palaces ofNineveh and Persepolis Restored. By Jas. FergussoaPublisbed in 1851. SHUSHAN to the gods for victories—for any purpose in factrequiring more tiian usual state or solemnity; butthere seems no
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . it is impossible for us to draw a lineanywhere, or say how flu- temple cella or palace hall would be a coiTCct designation forthis part of the building. It probably was usedfor all great semi-religious ceremonies, such as thecoronation or enthronization of the king—at suchceremonies as returning thanks or making offerings a For details of this restoration, see The Palaces ofNineveh and Persepolis Restored. By Jas. FergussoaPublisbed in 1851. SHUSHAN to the gods for victories—for any purpose in factrequiring more tiian usual state or solemnity; butthere seems no reason to suppose it ever was usedfor purely festal or convivial purposes, for vchich itis singularly ill suited. SHUSHAN 1303 From what we know of the buildings at Per-sepolis, we may assert, ahiiost with certainty, thatthe Kings Gate, where Slordecai sat (Esth. ), and where so many of the transactions ofthe Book of Esther took place, was a square hall ,0) © 0 @ s> a i ® m m m mm m m m m m m m mm m m m m r^ mm m. No. 4. Kestored plan of Great Hall of Xerxes at Persepolis. Scale 100 feet to an inch. (woodcut No. 5), measuring probably a little morethan 100 feet each way, and with its roof supportedby four pillars in the centre, and that this stood ata distance of about 150 or 200 feet from tlie frontof the northern portico, where its remains willprobably now be found when looked for. We mayalso be tolerably ceiiain that the inner court,where Esther appeared1 implore the kingsfcivour (Esth. V. 1),was the space betweenthe northern porticoand this square build-in4, the outer courtthe space be-tween the KingsGate and the northernterrace wall. We may No. 5. Restored plan of the Kings n1o(, r„-p(l,Vate with to-Gate at palace of Persepolis. , pieuicate Wlin 10 Scale 100 ft. to an inch. lerable certainty that the Royal House (i. 9) and the House of the Women (ii. 9, 11)were situated behind this great hall to the south-ward, or between it and the citadel, and having adi
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