The monumental urban complex 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. |
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The revetment wall 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. |
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The monumental staircase 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. |
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Historical inferences 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. |
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