Describing one section of a royal palace that he had uncovered in the Assyrian capital of Nineveh, archaeologist Austen Layard wrote: “The ceilings... were divided into square compartments, painted with flowers, or with the figures of animals.
कुछ पर हाथी दाँत मढ़ा हुआ था । खानों के किनारों पर बहुत सुंदर नक्काशी भी की गई थी ।