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Great Palace


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Grand Stairway

Grand staircase and abutments; lowest level well preserved and restored 1953-62.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Grand staircase and abutments; 2nd level partly collapsed; 3rd level largely collapsed.
Jan. 2001
Tourists on mid-level of staircase; some stones replaced.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
2003. Landing at top of lower flight of Grand Staircase (compare reconstruction drawing at right).
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
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.
Profile of west side of lowest level, restored 1953-62.
Jan. 2001
Profile of east side of lowest level abutments, restored.
Jan. 2003
Right side of stairs, abutment, and wall at right side, restored.
Jan. 2002
Showing width of abutment in photos at left.
Jan. 2003
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
"Danger! Celings may Collapse" sign in photo at left.
Jan. 2001
"Dangerous Do not Climb Up" sign at base of unrestored stairs.
Jan. 2001
 

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