Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

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colonnade to the atrium (6), and three steps
from the latter
into the assembly hall proper (7).
The harem could be reached from the colonnade directly
Plan of a Small Parthian Palace at Nippur, about 250 B. C.
Discovered in l8Sg, and exca-vated completely in igoo. About thirty-six rooms and kails grouped
around open courts. Entrance on the north-west side. Surveyed by Fisher and Geere • drawn
by the former.
by a narrow passageway (17), either end of which was
closed by a door. 1 A kind of anteroom (16) formed a
connecting link between the men's quarters, the servants'
rooms and the section reserved for the women. Thus the
1 This was ascertained from two door-sockets found in situ.
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