The state apartments closed it in on the north-east, the temple on the south-west: on the south-east it was bounded by the range of buildings called "Priests' Rooms" in the plan, chambers of less pretension than almost any that have been excavated.

The principal facade here was that of the state apartments, on the north-east.

On this, as on the opposite side of the palace, were three portals; but the two fronts were not of equal magnificence.

On the side of the Temple Court a single pair of bulls, facing the spectator, guarded the middle portals; the side portals exhibited only figures of genii, while the spaces between the portals were occupied, not with bulls, but merely with a series of human figures, resembling those in the first or outer court, of which a representation has been already given.

Two peculiarities marked the south-east facade.