In the background towered the great seven-storied zikkurat of Asgalun, from which the priests read the will of the gods in the stars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan the Freebooter]

The zikkurat always had a special name of its own.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Nippur and Eridu, 508; replaced by Babylon, 542; zikkurat at N.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

The oldest zikkurat as yet found is the one excavated by Drs. Peters and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Another name (or perhaps the name of a second zikkurat at Nippur; see p. 616, note 2) is.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Some centuries later we find Bur-Sin repairing the zikkurat and adding a shrine near the main structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Uruk under Cassites (?), 480; attacked by Dibbarra, 531; dwelling of Anu and Ishtar, 531; zikkurat at U.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

The zikkurat and the basin together would thus become living symbols of the current cosmological conceptions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

The zikkurat was surrounded by a varying number of shrines that were used as places of assembly for worshippers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

At no time does any special stress appear to have been laid upon the number of stories of which the zikkurat was to consist.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Chaldæan Noah, made on the/zikkurat/or peak of the mountain after the coming forth from the ship which had saved him and his from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

The centre of these buildings was the great/zikkurat/, or temple-tower, square on its plan, and with the sides facing the cardinal points.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

The base of this zikkurat, which may be regarded as a specimen of the tower in its most elaborate form, was a quadrangular mass 272 feet square and 26 feet high.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

The zikkurat at Ur had, of course, a special name (IIR.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Traces of such a room were also found in connection with the zikkurat at Nippur (Peters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

The zikkurat was quadrangular in shape.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

B.C., erected a zikkurat in the temple area.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Gudea already regards the zikkurat as a symbol.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Sargon's zikkurat at.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference

Babylonian zikkurat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beasts, Men and Gods] Reference

3 sanctuaries of Gula, 242, 636 (E-ul-la), 641; zikkurat at B.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference