Why go
Consider the courts together with the annex rather than as isolated monuments. The southern court had two restricted openings, while the eastern one combined a small colonnade with a tight cluster of rooms. Unfinished doorways in the western building reveal plans revised during construction.
The full story
The southern court lay beside the annex and had only two narrow approaches in the ancient plan. One passed along the annex corner to the northeast. Another entered from the west and was later narrowed further by short wall segments. In the western building, the lowest stones of four doorway jambs show that builders first planned four entrances. Only two were completed; the other two retained rough masonry and lacked lintels. The eastern court was more open at first glance, with a small columned hall to the north, but a winding room cluster beyond it had a constricted corner entrance. These arrangements may have limited access and given the courts a relatively private use in antiquity. Their ancient gateways do not indicate which rooms visitors can enter today.