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.
كتب عالم الآثار اوستن هنري لايارد ،‏ واصفا جزءا لبلاط ملكي كشف النقاب عنه في العاصمة الاشّورية نينوى :‏ « كانت السقوف .‏ .‏ .‏