Babylon: The Great City

Olof Pedersén

doi:10.5771/9783963271373

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-96327-136-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-96327-137-3
Publisher: Zaphon, Münster
Language: English
Pages: 308
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Abbreviations No access
3. Preface No access
1. 1.1 Introduction No access
2. 1.2 Archaeological sources for the buildings No access
3. 1.3 Historical sources for the buildings No access
4. 1.4 The river and the groundwater No access
5. 1. 1.5.1 Correctness of documentation No access
  2. 1.5.2 Heights of walls No access
6. 1.6 Building materials No access
1. 1. 2.1.1 History of the city walls and city gates No access
  2. 2.1.2 Excavations of the city walls No access
  3. 2.1.3 Texts and pictures dealing with city walls No access
  4. 2.1.4 Layout and construction of the city walls No access
2. 2.2 City walls during Nabopolassar’s reign, with earlier remains No access
3. 1. 2.3.1 The mudbrick walls No access
  2. 2.3.2 The baked brick walls No access
4. 2.4 The Ištar Gate area during Nebuchadnezzar’s reign No access
5. 2.5 City walls after Nebuchadnezzar No access
6. 2.6 Full-scale reconstructions in Berlin and Babylon No access
7. 2.7 Amounts of building materials for the city walls No access
1. 3.1 Introduction No access
2. 1. 3.2.1 The older South Palace No access
  2. 3.2.2 South Palace: Entrance and East Courtyard area No access
  3. 3.2.3 South Palace: Middle Courtyard area No access
  4. 3.2.4 South Palace: Main Courtyard area No access
  5. 3.2.5 South Palace: West Courtyard area No access
  6. 3.2.6 South Palace: Annex Courtyard area No access
  7. 3.2.7 South Palace: Discussion No access
3. 1. 3.3.1 North Palace: The terraces No access
  2. 3.3.2 North Palace: Water installations No access
  3. 3.3.3 The North Palace and the Gardens No access
4. 3.4 West Fortification No access
5. 3.5 East Fortification No access
6. 3.6 The central palace area No access
7. 3.7 Summer Palace No access
1. 4.1 Introduction No access
2. 4.2 Marduk temple No access
3. 1. 4.3.1 The precinct No access
  2. 4.3.2 The ziggurat No access
  3. 4.3.3 Amounts of building materials for the ziggurat No access
4. 4.4 Other temples in the Eridu area according to cuneiform texts No access
5. 4.5 Nabû temple No access
6. 4.6 Ištar temple No access
7. 4.7 Ašratum temple No access
8. 4.8 Ninmaḫ temple No access
9. 4.9 Ninurta temple No access
10. 4.10 Išḫara temple No access
11. 4.11 Temples in the unexcavated areas of Babylon No access
1. 5.1 Introduction No access
2. 5.2 The Euphrates bridge No access
3. 5.3 West–east Processional Way No access
4. 5.4 South–north Processional Way: Southern stretch No access
5. 5.5 South–north Processional Way: Missing section No access
6. 5.6 South–north Processional Way: Outside the South Palace No access
7. 5.7 South–north Processional Way: Through the Ištar Gate No access
8. 5.8 South–north Processional Way: Outside the North Palace No access
9. 5.9 Streets in residential areas No access
1. 6.1 Introduction No access
2. 6.2 Old Babylonian and Middle Babylonian private houses No access
3. 1. 6.3.1 German excavations in Merkes No access
  2. 6.3.2 Iraqi excavations in Merkes No access
  3. 6.3.3 Iraqi excavations north of Merkes No access
1. 7.1 Introduction No access
2. 7.2 Hellenistic and Parthian theatre No access
3. 7.3 Parthian colonnaded street No access
4. 7.4 Large Parthian building No access
5. 7.5 Sasanian fortification above the ziggurat ruins No access
6. 7.6 Sasanian fortification above the Summer Palace ruins No access
1. 8.1 Introduction No access
2. 8.2 Construction materials No access
3. 8.3 Building structure No access
4. 8.4 Surface decoration No access
5. 8.5 Building documentation No access
6. 8.6 Elevations and periods No access
7. 8.7 Reconstructions in Babylon No access
8. 8.8 Future No access
1. Digital resources No access
Appendix: Periods and Rulers No access Pages 303 - 306