Review the overall arrangement of the structures that frame the Plaza and together constitute one of the largest third millennium urban complexes in Syro-Mesopotamia.
The Temple Terrace is bounded by a revetment wall some 3 m in height. It provided an arresting sight from the Plaza as one looked up at the Temple.
The Temple glacis is accessed through a monumental staircase. Twenty-four steps are flanked a wide stone apron that frames the access and points to the heights where the god's house is found.
The Temple Terrace is one of the most outstanding, and explicit, monuments of Hurrian culture. We think that the lions of Tish-atal, the earliest known Hurrian text, were the foundation deposit for one of the phases of this great structure.
