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Bk. II. Ch. III. PALACE AT KHOESABAD. 169 now entirely destroyed, but which there can be little difficulty in restor- ino- from Avhat we tind at Persepolis and elsewhere. These i)ortals led to the great outer court of the palace, measuring 315 ft. by 280 between the but- tresses with which it was adorned all round. On the right hand were six or seven smaller courts surrounded by the stables and out- houses of the palace, which were ap] )roached by a ramp on the outside, at the head of which was a block of buildings containing the cellarage, and generally the store of eatables. On the left hand of this court were the metal stores, each room haying been ajjpro- ])riated to iron, copper or other such materials, and behind them, outside the palace, was the Hareeni.^ In the northern angle a rather insignificant pass- acce formed a means of com- munication between this sreat outer court and the next, which was 3(50 ft. long by 200 wide, and })robably open to the coun- try, at least in front of the great portals. On the inner side of this second court a magnificent portal opened into what api)ears to haye been the residential ])ortion of the palace, mea- suring nearly 300 by 500 ft. oyer all. The proper entrance to 1 These particulars are all borrowed from M. Place's great work, "Ninive et