The palace of Sennacherib at Koyunjik, a much larger edifice than the palace of Sargon, has also three courts, which are respectively 93 feet by 84, 124 feet by 90, and 154 feet by 125.

Esarhaddon's palace at Nimrud has a court 220 feet long and 100 wide.

These courts were all paved either with baked bricks of large size, or with stone slabs, which were frequently patterned.

Sometimes the courts were surrounded with buildings; sometimes they abutted upon the edge of the platform: in this latter case they were protected by a stone parapet, which (at least in places) was six feet high.
The grand halls of the Assyrian palaces constitute their most remarkable feature.

Each palace has commonly several.