beit hilani
beit hilani
1. In northern Syria, a type of palace in the first millenium B.C. having a forward section with two large transverse rooms, a portico with one to three columns, and a throne room.
2. In ancient Assyrian architecture, the pillared portico of a beit hilani, 1.
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