The image is a photograph of a plaque on a stone wall. The plaque is rectangular in shape and has a blue background with white text. The text reads "The "Commandant's Headquarters" and is written in a cursive font. Below the text, there is a list of visitors to Masada in ancient times reached the summit just as we do today, from the east. After climbing Masada up the Snake Path, they made their way to the southern entrance of the Northern Palace. Here they reached a planned compound, containing two buildings with an entrance square between them. The walls of the buildings were decorated with wall paintings. The excavators, wondering about the purpose of these rooms, concluded that this was the main entrance square to the storerooms and the northern palace, containing the headquarters of the Commandant of Masada. When standing at the entrance to the "commandant's headquarters", we realize that this point could control the traffic of visitors and oversee the unloading of goods at the entrances to the stores.