Myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria (1916) (14595424680)

Identifier: mythslegendsofba00spenuoft (find matches)
Title: Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Spence, Lewis, 1874-1955
Subjects: Assyro-Babylonian religion Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian Legends Cults
Publisher: London : Harrap
Contributing Library: Kelly - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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re merely plastered with white gypsum,while the brickwork of the outer fa9ade which facedthe court was decorated with brightly colouredenamels displaying the most involved designs, floraland geometrical, in blue, yellow, black, and white.Such ornamentation would probaby be banned fromthe Throne Room because of the high reflections froma brightly polished enamelled surface, and as wehave seen heat and light were taboo in Babylonianinteriors. The Drainage System Doors, in the throne-room wall communicatedwith what were probably the Kings private apart-ments. The harem and other purely private suiteswere placed further to the west, over the earlierresidence of Nabopolasser, the official portion of thepalace being situated towards the east. There wasa most elaborate drainage system which not onlycarried rain-water from the flat roofs but from thecourts and walls as well. The larger drains hadcorbel-shaped roofs, but the smaller ones wereformed of bricks set together in the shape of a V370
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon M. Dovaston, R.B.A.By pcniiission of Messrs. Hutchinson and Co. j/^ THE HANGING GARDENS and closed in at the top with other bricks laid flat.Vertical shafts and gutters were also in use, andthese were conducted down the sides of towersand fortifications. The Hanging Gardens Another structure has been indicated as perhapsthe foundation of the famous Hanging Gardensof Babylon. It consists of a number of barrel-vaulted cells, seven on each side of a central passage.These cells are roofed over with semi-circular arches,and are flanked on the north by the palace wall. Itis known that hewn stone was employed in theconstruction of this wonder of the world, and onlyin three other places in the palace demesne (theSacred Road, the bridge over the Euphrates, and theKasr Wall) is stone employed. This points to theidentification of the site in question as being thatof the Hanging Gardens, on which layers of earthwere laid and the shrubs, trees, and arbours whichdecor