Plan of the Palace

Plan of the Level IV Palace that was excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. It was in use from 1500–1400 B.C.

This palace is one of the earliest examples of the "bit hilanni" style that became common in the Levant for over a thousand years. This style was also used in Israel — at Megiddo and possibly Solomon's Palace in Jerusalem as described in 1 Kings 7. See Ussishkin, David. “King Solomon's Palaces.” Biblical Archaeologist 36 (1973): 78–105.