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in the plan) was of the same length as the first, but was less wide by about three feet. It opened by three doorways upon a square, court, which has been called "the Temple Court," from a building on one side of it which will be described presently. The sculptures of the second and third halls represented in a double row, separated by an inscribed space about two feet in width, chiefly the wars of the monarch, his battles, sieges, reception of captives and of spoil, etc.
The monarch himself appeared at least four times standing in his chariot, thrice in calm procession, and once shooting his arrows against his enemies.
[PLATE XLV., Fig.
2.] Besides these, the upper sculptures on one side exhibited sacred ceremonies. Placed at right angles to this primary suite of three halls were two others, one (IV.
in the plan) of dimensions little, if at all, inferior to those of the largest (No.
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