It is conjectured that there were also two or three halls on the west side of the court between it and the river; but of this there was no very clear evidence, and it may be doubted whether the court towards the west was not, at least partially, open to the river.

Almost every hall had one or two small chambers attached to it, which were most usually at the ends of the halls, and connected with them by large doorways.
Such was the general plan of the palace of Asshur-izir-pal.

Its great halls, so narrow for their length, were probably roofed with beams stretching across them from side to side, and lighted by small _louvres_ in their roofs after the manner already described elsewhere.

Its square chambers may have been domed, and perhaps were not lighted at all, or only by lamps and torches.

They were generally without ornamentation.
The grand halls, on the contrary, and some of the narrower chambers, were decorated on every side, first with sculptures to the height of nine or ten feet, and then with enamelled bricks, or patterns painted in fresco, to the height, probably, of seven or eight feet more.