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- Title
Bent or Straight Axis? Temple Plans in Early Dynastic Southern Babylonia.
- Authors
Ławecka, Dorota
- Abstract
The article is devoted to an analysis of Early Dynastic Sumerian temple architecture and to comparison of southern and northern Babylonian temple plans. While temples in the Diyala region feature bent-axis cellae (with analogies in northern Mesopotamia), southern ones display different layouts. Although our knowledge remains restricted, it seems that there was no single tradition of cultic architecture encompassing all southern Mesopotamia.
- Subjects
BABYLONIA; SUMERIANS; TEMPLES; ANCIENT architecture; ENLIL (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Assyriologie & Vorderasiatische Archäologie, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 2, p206
- ISSN
0084-5299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/za-2014-0017