Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 446
epaired the conduitof Kadashman-Turgu, placed over the older one of Ur-Gur. ^ Haynes did not recognize the significance of these projections for thewhole question of the original ascent, but, substituting his lively fantasy againfor an accurate description, imagines that a sacred shrine or altar… … Water Conduit built by King Ur-Gur, 2700 b. c.In the southivestern facade of the ziggurrat 28 DURING lOni CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 373 It is Haynes view, as reproduced by me in 1896, that,with the exception of the lowest front face and the two con-duits, Ur-Gurs ziggurrat was built entirely…
