Babylon : the great city

1. Verfasser: Pedersén, Olof, 1946- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Münster : Zaphon Verlag, 2021.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (308 pages).
Schlagworte:
Electronic books.
Parallelausgabe: Pederséen, Olof, Babylon (Print version:) | ISSN: 9783963271366
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • 1 Babylon: General Introduction
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Archaeological sources for the buildings
  • 1.3 Historical sources for the buildings
  • 1.4 The river and the groundwater
  • 1.5 Critical questions
  • 1.5.1 Correctness of documentation
  • 1.5.2 Heights of walls
  • 1.6 Building materials
  • 2 Babylon: City Walls and City Gates
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.1 History of the city walls and city gates
  • 2.1.2 Excavations of the city walls
  • 2.1.3 Texts and pictures dealing with city walls
  • 2.1.4 Layout and construction of the city walls
  • 2.2 City walls during Nabopolassar's reign, with earlier remains
  • 2.3 City walls during Nebuchadnezzar's reign
  • 2.3.1 The mudbrick walls
  • 2.3.2 The baked brick walls
  • 2.4 The Ištar Gate area during Nebuchadnezzar's reign
  • 2.5 City walls after Nebuchadnezzar
  • 2.6 Full-scale reconstructions in Berlin and Babylon
  • 2.7 Amounts of building materials for the city walls
  • 3 Babylon: Palaces
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 South Palace
  • 3.2.1 The older South Palace
  • 3.2.2 South Palace: Entrance and East Courtyard area
  • 3.2.3 South Palace: Middle Courtyard area
  • 3.2.4 South Palace: Main Courtyard area
  • 3.2.5 South Palace: West Courtyard area
  • 3.2.6 South Palace: Annex Courtyard area
  • 3.2.7 South Palace: Discussion
  • 3.3 North Palace
  • 3.3.1 North Palace: The terraces
  • 3.3.2 North Palace: Water installations
  • 3.3.3 The North Palace and the Gardens
  • 3.4 West Fortification
  • 3.5 East Fortification
  • 3.6 The central palace area
  • 3.7 Summer Palace
  • 4 Babylon: Temples
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Marduk temple
  • 4.3 Ziggurat
  • 4.3.1 The precinct
  • 4.3.2 The ziggurat
  • 4.3.3 Amounts of building materials for the ziggurat
  • 4.4 Other temples in the Eridu area according to cuneiform texts
  • 4.5 Nabû temple
  • 4.6 Ištar temple.
  • 4.7 Ašratum temple
  • 4.8 Ninmaḫ temple
  • 4.9 Ninurta temple
  • 4.10 Išḫara temple
  • 4.11 Temples in the unexcavated areas of Babylon
  • 5 Babylon: Main Streets
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The Euphrates bridge
  • 5.3 West-east Processional Way
  • 5.4 South-north Processional Way: Southern stretch
  • 5.5 South-north Processional Way: Missing section
  • 5.6 South-north Processional Way: Outside the South Palace
  • 5.7 South–north Processional Way: Through the Ištar Gate
  • 5.8 South-north Processional Way: Outside the North Palace
  • 5.9 Streets in residential areas
  • 6 Babylon: Residential Buildings
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Old Babylonian and Middle Babylonian private houses
  • 6.3 Neo-Babylonian private houses
  • 6.3.1 German excavations in Merkes
  • 6.3.2 Iraqi excavations in Merkes
  • 6.3.3 Iraqi excavations north of Merkes
  • 7 Babylon: Late Buildings
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Hellenistic and Parthian theatre
  • 7.3 Parthian colonnaded street
  • 7.4 Large Parthian building
  • 7.5 Sasanian fortification above the ziggurat ruins
  • 7.6 Sasanian fortification above the Summer Palace ruins
  • 8 Babylon: Discussion and Conclusions
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Construction materials
  • 8.3 Building structure
  • 8.4 Surface decoration
  • 8.5 Building documentation
  • 8.6 Elevations and periods
  • 8.7 Reconstructions in Babylon
  • 8.8 Future
  • Bibliography
  • Digital resources
  • Appendix: Periods and Rulers.

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