Note 94 — Chapter IV · PERSIA.
Reading edition
‘Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored,’ p. 126.
[The prayer platform or talar represented on the tomb of Darius is extremely unlike any constructional feature such as an upper storey, and may have been placed there only to give dignity and importance to the figure of the king: the hall of the Palace of Darius could easily have been lighted by clerestory windows over the roofs of the smaller chambers on each side.—Ed.]