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n. - A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.

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  • In the background towered the great seven-storied zikkurat of Asgalun, from which the priests read the will of the gods in the stars.
  • The zikkurat always had a special name of its own.
  • Nippur and Eridu, 508; replaced by Babylon, 542; zikkurat at N.,
  • The oldest zikkurat as yet found is the one excavated by Drs. Peters and
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