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Grand staircase and abutments; lowest level well preserved and restored 1953-62.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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Grand staircase and abutments; 2nd
level partly collapsed; 3rd level largely collapsed.
Jan. 2001 |
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Tourists on mid-level
of staircase; some stones replaced.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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2003. Landing at top of
lower flight of Grand Staircase (compare reconstruction drawing at right).
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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1946. Detail of reconstructuon drawing of Great Palace, Sayil; showing Grand Staircase (for full drawing, see p. 1).
Watercolor reconstruction drawing by Tatiana Proskouriakoff,
1946. Scanned from a 35mm slide I have taken of the original watercolor drawing, yellow discoloration removed. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |
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Profile of west side of lowest
level, restored 1953-62.
Jan. 2001 |
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Profile of east side of lowest
level abutments, restored.
Jan. 2003 |
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Right side of stairs, abutment,
and wall at right side, restored.
Jan. 2002 |
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Showing width of abutment in photos at left.
Jan. 2003 |
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Warning sign near top of
second level of staircase; wall of mid-level facade restored
to show wall and tenons projecting above roof level.
Jan. 2001 |
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"Danger! Celings may
Collapse" sign in photo at left.
Jan. 2001 |
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"Dangerous Do not Climb
Up" sign at base of unrestored stairs.
Jan. 2001 |
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