Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria . p> •^^iti . «. .. I. Zikkurats of the Anu-Adad at Ashur2. Stage Tower at Samarra From Religions Belief and Practice in Babyloniaand Assyria, by Professor Morris JastrowBy permission of Messrs. G. P. Putnams Sons 242 TEMPLES OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA With this development of the temple area a newphase was inaugurated. Huge courts were built,supported by brick columns, and enclosing all thevarious buildings connected with the cult of the deityto whom the temple was dedicated. These courts,which were for the most part open to the sky, covereda large ar
Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria . p> •^^iti . «. .. I. Zikkurats of the Anu-Adad at Ashur2. Stage Tower at Samarra From Religions Belief and Practice in Babyloniaand Assyria, by Professor Morris JastrowBy permission of Messrs. G. P. Putnams Sons 242 TEMPLES OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA With this development of the temple area a newphase was inaugurated. Huge courts were built,supported by brick columns, and enclosing all thevarious buildings connected with the cult of the deityto whom the temple was dedicated. These courts,which were for the most part open to the sky, covereda large area—as much, perhaps, as ten or twelveacres in some cases. Brick was still the materialemployed in their structure, though wood was usedfor gateways and for roofs for the smaller time went on they became more richly decorated,precious metals and woods were imported for theiradornment, and draperies and coloured bricks wereemployed with more or less aesthetic intent. Insome Assyrian temples stone columns were interior of the temple pro
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