A block of baked brick with its joints
Herodotus says a mat lay every 30 courses; Koldewey found mats every 5 to 13 courses. Asphalt is the mortar the building inscriptions name.
| Parameters | Default | Source |
|---|---|---|
| brick | 33 | koldewey1914, The Kasr: whole bricks 33 by 33 cm, half bricks 33 by 16.5 cm |
| course | 8.33 | koldewey1914, The wall decorations: 24 courses to about 2 m (8.33 cm a course, derived) |
| joint | koldewey1914, The Ishtar Gate: joints of asphalt and mud, 1 to 1.5 cm | |
| matEvery | koldewey1914, The Ishtar Gate: a reed mat in every fifth course, in wall w13 | |
| courses | illustrative | |
| across | illustrative | |
| deep | illustrative |
Range
- Courses between reed mats: 5 to 13 courses. R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The Ishtar Gate: lowest number 5, highest 13; Herodotus 1.179 gives 30 Verified
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The Kasr. The ascent and Procession Street Verified · R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The Ishtar Gate Verified
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