A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . ucture of the wall, where we mayassume the royal throne once stood. During any elabo-rate court ceremony the king would thus have beenvisible upon his throne, not only to those within thechamber, but also from the central portion of the Great * See above, p. 28, Fig. 5. - See Fig. 6, F ; this portion of the ground-plan of the palace is given ona larger scale in Fig. * Fig. 9, h, c and d. Fig. 9. plan of the theone hoom op nebuchadnezzarand part op the private palace. C : Great Court. F : Throne Room, a : Rece
A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . ucture of the wall, where we mayassume the royal throne once stood. During any elabo-rate court ceremony the king would thus have beenvisible upon his throne, not only to those within thechamber, but also from the central portion of the Great * See above, p. 28, Fig. 5. - See Fig. 6, F ; this portion of the ground-plan of the palace is given ona larger scale in Fig. * Fig. 9, h, c and d. Fig. 9. plan of the theone hoom op nebuchadnezzarand part op the private palace. C : Great Court. F : Throne Room, a : Recessin back-wall for throne, b-d: Entrances toThrone Room from Court, e-g : Entrances fromside and back. 1-3 : Open courts, surroundedby rooms for the royal service. 4, 5 : Open courtsin the south-east corner of the Private Palace.[After Koldewey.] THE CITY AND ITS REMAINS 43 Court. It was in this portion of the palace that sometraces of the later Babylonian methods of mural decora-tion were discovered. For, while the inner walls ofthe Throne Room were merely washed OAcr with a. Fig. in enamelled bhick from the facade of the throne room In the drawing light and dark hlue are indicated by light and heavy horizontalshading; yellow by a dotted surface. plaster of white gypsum, the brickwork of the outerfa9ade, which faced the court, was decorated withbrightly-coloured enamels. Only fragments of the enamelled surface were dis- 44 HISTORY OF BABYLON covered, but these sufficed to restore the scheme ofdecoration. A series of yellow columns with brightblue capitals, both edged with white borders, standout against a dark blue ground. The capitals are themost striking feature of the composition. Each con-sists of two sets of double volutes, one above theother, and a white rosette with yellow centre comespartly into sight above them. Between each memberis a bud in sheath, forming a trefoil, and linking thevolutes of the capitals by means of light blue bandswhich fall in a shallow
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