A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . small inner : SmaU open court in which were two circular stores or granaries. 10-14 :Chambers, probably used as store-rooms, giving access to narrow passage, whichpossibly contained stairway or ramp to roof. [After Reuther.] decoration must have been startling in its effect; nodoubt, like the crude-brick material of the buildings, itwas an inheritance from earlier times, and owed itsretention to its traditional religious significance. In the temple of Ninib two additional shrines flankthe principal one,
A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . small inner : SmaU open court in which were two circular stores or granaries. 10-14 :Chambers, probably used as store-rooms, giving access to narrow passage, whichpossibly contained stairway or ramp to roof. [After Reuther.] decoration must have been startling in its effect; nodoubt, like the crude-brick material of the buildings, itwas an inheritance from earlier times, and owed itsretention to its traditional religious significance. In the temple of Ninib two additional shrines flankthe principal one, each ha\dng its own entrance and adais or postament for a statue. It is probable that theside shrines were devoted to the worship of subsidiarydeities connected in some way with Ninib, for the THE CITY AND ITS REMAINS 71 temple as a whole was dedicated solely to him. Thiswe learn from Nabopolassars foundation-cylinders,buried below the pavement of the shrine, which relatehow the king erected the building in his honour, on anearlier foundation, after he had kept back the foot of. Fig. of the temple of ninib. A : Open Court. C : Shrine of Ninib. NC, SC : Subsidiary shrines for otherdeities, s, s, s : Postaments for statues of Ninib and the other deities, set againstniches in the wall exactly opposite the entrances. El, E2, E3 : Entrance-chambers or Vestibules, to temple, d : Crude-brick altar. 1, 2, 6, 7 : Portersrooms. 3-3, 11, 12 : Priests apartments or store-rooms. 10: Small open , 9 : Chambers giving access to narrow passage behind the shrines, whichpossibly contained stairway or ramp to roof. [After Andrae.] the Assyrian from the land of Akkad and had thrownoff his heavy yoke.^ It was fitting that he should havemarked his gratitude in this way to the god of war. The most interesting temple of Babylon is naturallythat dedicated to the worship of the city-god. Thiswas the famous E-sagila, a great part of which still Uesburied some twenty-one metres below
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