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The outcome of this ideal was the so-called staged tower, known as the zikkurat.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Bur-Sin, repairs zikkurat and builds shrine in Nippur, 645.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
The zikkurat always had a special name of its own.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Ur-Bau, we have seen, about 2700 B.C., erected a zikkurat in the temple area.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
E-gubba-an-ki, zikkurat at Dilbat, 639; meaning of name, 639.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
