{"article":{"id":"britannica-11-architkcture","work_id":"britannica-11","title":"Architkcture","normalized_title":"architkcture","slug":"architkcture","aliases":[],"subtitle":"Internet Archive OCR import","body_text":"two great aiwan. »r n-xption hall*. The in.nn ir»nt Jig. 19) was limit in tincK jointed .i^hlar iiu« »ith ••leirrular attached •hafts between tin- en 1 1. 1 nee doorways, which had semicircular head*, every third vouuuir <>i the three larger doors being decorated by hurt* in strong relief with a headgear similar to that shown on Parthian OMH-. other carving*, with the acanthus leaf, belonged to that type of Syrio-Greck work, of which Loft us found eu many FlG. 19. — Portion of front of Palace of el Hadr. examples at Warka (Loft us, Chaldatn. Susiana, p. 225). In the great mosque of Diarbekr are two wings at the north and south ends respectively, which arc said to have been Parthian palaces built by Tigranes, 74 B.C.; they have evidently been rearranged or rebuilt at various times, the columns with their capitals and the entablature having been utilized again. The shafts of the columns of the upper storey are richly carved with geometrical patterns similar to those found by Loftus at Warka. The American researches at Nippur have resulted in the discovery on the top of the mounds of the remains of a Parthian palace; and the disposition of its plan (fig. 20), and the style of the columns of Fran Pro*. H. V. Haprcht'j Exfloralic* m BAU UiUt, A. J Hainan & Co. and T. & T. dark. FIG. 20. — Plan of the Parthian Palace at Nippur. the peristylar court, show so strong a resemblance to Greek work as to suggest the same Hellenistic influence as in the palace of el Hadr. Having no stone, however, they were obliged to build up these columns at Nippur with sections in brick, covered afterwards with stucco. The columns diminished at the top to about one-fifth of the lower diameter, and would seem to have had an entasis, as the lower portion up to one-third of the height is nearly vertical. A similar palace was discovered at Tcllo oy the French archaeologists, and the bases of some of the brick columns arc in the Louvre (R. P. S.)","body_html":"

two great aiwan. »r n-xption hall*. The in.nn ir»nt Jig. 19) was limit in tincK jointed .i^hlar iiu«<mr> »ith ••leirrular attached •hafts between tin- en 1 1. 1 nee doorways, which had semicircular head*, every third vouuuir <>i the three larger doors being decorated by hurt* in strong relief with a headgear similar to that shown on Parthian OMH-. other carving*, with the acanthus leaf, belonged to that type of Syrio-Greck work, of which Loft us found eu many FlG. 19. — Portion of front of Palace of el Hadr. examples at Warka (Loft us, Chaldatn. Susiana, p. 225). In the great mosque of Diarbekr are two wings at the north and south ends respectively, which arc said to have been Parthian palaces built by Tigranes, 74 B.C.; they have evidently been rearranged or rebuilt at various times, the columns with their capitals and the entablature having been utilized again. The shafts of the columns of the upper storey are richly carved with geometrical patterns similar to those found by Loftus at Warka. The American researches at Nippur have resulted in the discovery on the top of the mounds of the remains of a Parthian palace; and the disposition of its plan (fig. 20), and the style of the columns of Fran Pro*. H. V.

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Haprcht'j Exfloralic* m BAU UiUt, A. J Hainan & Co. and T. & T. dark. FIG. 20. — Plan of the Parthian Palace at Nippur. the peristylar court, show so strong a resemblance to Greek work as to suggest the same Hellenistic influence as in the palace of el Hadr. Having no stone, however, they were obliged to build up these columns at Nippur with sections in brick, covered afterwards with stucco. The columns diminished at the top to about one-fifth of the lower diameter, and would seem to have had an entasis, as the lower portion up to one-third of the height is nearly vertical. A similar palace was discovered at Tcllo oy the French archaeologists, and the bases of some of the brick columns arc in the Louvre (R. P. S.)

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