Identifier: historyofallnati02wrig Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library Year: 1905 (1900s) Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 Subjects: World history Publisher: [Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing Before Image: SAJRGOXS PALACE AT KHORSABAD. 81 important of Assyrian architectural remains (Figs. 15, 16). Ac-cording to the inscription on the bnll-spliinxes at the gate, the cir-cumference of the city walls was 3.( iter (a iier is 7200 spans), 1stadium (720 spans), 8 rods (the rod is 6 spans), and 2 spans,

Text Appearing After Image: O <D 10 JO toI I I I I I SO « 70 JO JO IOC !^-I 1 1 1 1 1 ViG. 16. — Plan of the Palace of Sargon at Khorsabad. (After Perrot and Chipiez.) in all 24,740 spans, or 6790 metres (22,277 feet). In la\-ing outsuch places, men, probably from superstitious motives, shunned thesquare. According to Bottas measurements, the nortlnvest andsoutheast sides of the quadrangle measure 5397 and 5741| feet Vol.. IT.—0 82 I^lIE SARGONIBAE. respectively, which again gives the circumference as 22,277 feet, theAssyrian span equalHng 0.27425 of a metre, or lOi inches. Thecity wall is 79 feet thick, and is built of bricks on a foundation oflimestone. The hmestone wall is unniortared and double, the inter-mediate space being filled in with rubble. Three of the walls havetwo gates each, at irregular distances ; the wall of the northwestside, on which the palace lies, has but one. One of each of the twogates was for foot-passengers, the other for vehicles and cattle. Theapproach through the one gate i

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