Other elements include sphinxes, snakes, and celestial mosaics.
There is a stylized window with prison bars between the sphinxes.
There were originally four sphinxes on the roof, but they had to be removed after some 30 years because of bad quality.
Flanking each column are two sphinxes (four in total) lying on his stomach and covered with claft.
Recently six life-size limestone sculptures were discovered, of which two represented sphinxes and four represented lions in a crouching position.
The fifth frieze shows sphinxes and griffins flanking lotus blossom and palmettes ornaments and panthers and lions attacking bulls, a boar, and a deer.
Opposite the entrance, there are a set of 21 steps, ascending a stepped pyramid shaped garden and surmounted by two sphinxes.
The second rower's shield depicts a flaming altar with four sphinxes, a coiling serpent and an open eye that looks downwards.
