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Mesopotamian Houses: Spacial Concepts and Comparative Scales

A. Kheit Qasim House, V - IV millenium BCE (Kubba, 1998), "Tri-cruciform Building", consisting of three T-shaped Main Rooms.

B. Jebel Aruda House, IV millenium BCE (Driel, 2002), consisting to two connected extended family houses houses:
House 1. Central Courtyard with adjacent Reception Room, and a Tripartite grouping of rooms.
House 2. Main Room with adjacent Reception Room, and Courtyard with adjacent Reception Room

C. Nippur House, III millenium BCE (Miglus, 1996), consisting of a Main Room and Courtyard with common connection Reception Room.

D. Ashurbanipal Large House, IV millenium BCE (Preusser 1954), consisting of Double Courtyards.

E. Ashurbanipal Red House,IV millenium BCE ? (Preusser 1954), consisting of Entry Courtyard and Inner Courtyard.

F. Residence K at Dur-Sharrukin begun Late Assyrian Period, 717 BCE (Sevin 1991), very large-scale Royal House, with Double Courtyards.

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