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.
Lūk, kā arheologs Ostins Leijards aprakstīja Asīrijas galvaspilsētā Nīnivē atrastas valdnieka pils daļu: ” Griesti.. bija sadalīti kvadrātos, kas bija apgleznoti ar puķēm vai dzīvnieku figūrām.