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Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian material
Herodotus says a mat lay every 30 courses; Koldewey found mats every 5 to 13 courses. Asphalt is the mortar the building inscriptions name.
Range
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
bridge · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian bridge
Brick piers of 31 cm bricks laid in asphalt, with timber baulks in cavities, pointed against the current like a ship’s waterline. Seven river piers were excavated.
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The Euphrates bridge Verified
city-wall · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian fortification
Thicknesses, the gap and the tower spacing are measured on the stretch east of Homera. The city outline, the heights and the moat width are illustrative.
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The inner city wall Verified · R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The moat wall of Imgur-Bel Verified
courtyard-house · Version 1.0.0 · Illustrative
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian housing
Blocks of houses round courtyards, generated. The form follows the excavated houses of Merkes in general; no house is a record.
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, Merkes; The great house in Merkes Verified
cylinder-object · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Achaemenid Mesopotamia Babylonian inscribed object
A barrel profile with the text in rows round it; the wedge marks are schematic, not the signs. Dimensions to verify against the museum’s record.
Sources: The British Museum, The Cyrus Cylinder, BM 90920 (1880,0617.1941), collection record, 2026, collection record To verify · I. Finkel (ed.), The Cyrus Cylinder: The King of Persia’s Proclamation from Ancient Babylon, 2013, introduction To verify
garden-channel · Version 1.0.0 · Illustrative
Achaemenid Fars Persian garden
Cut-stone channels with basins at intervals, as at Pasargadae. Every size here is illustrative until checked against Stronach’s drawings.
Sources: D. Stronach, Pasargadae, 1978, the garden and its channels To verify
inner-wall-section · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian fortification
Plan measures are Koldewey’s. The crests are dashed: the heights are not preserved. Mud bricks measure 32 cm square on the western wall and 33 cm on the eastern wall.
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The inner city wall Verified
ishtar-gate · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian gate
Measured: the double gateway, the wings and three entrances, the row module and the order of rows and techniques. Reconstructed: plan sizes and every height above the rows; Koldewey has little to guide the superstructure. Figures are schematic outlines, not tracings. Glazed rows are drawn in tone (black, white and red, ); in Berlin’s reconstruction the ground is blue with yellow and white figures (to verify).
Range
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The Ishtar Gate Verified · R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The wall decorations of bulls and dragons Verified · J. Marzahn, The Ishtar Gate (Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin), 1992, the reconstruction in Berlin To verify
outer-wall · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian fortification
The north-east front measures 4400 m; on the south-east the wall can be traced for 2 km (koldewey1914, The outer city walls). The course drawn here is illustrative.
Range
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The outer city walls Verified
outer-wall-section · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian fortification
On the crown ran a road wide enough for a team of four horses, by Koldewey’s reading of the classical writers. Tower projection and every height are illustrative.
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The outer city walls Verified
palace-hall · Version 1.0.0 · Illustrative
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian palace
The Southern Citadel is drawn as a block of courts in a row. Its throne room, 17 by 52 m with walls 6 m thick on the longest side (koldewey1914), is not drawn separately yet.
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The Southern Citadel Verified · R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The principal court of the Southern Citadel Verified
processional-way · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian road
North of the gate the street ran between two walls with towers; their two friezes of 180 m carried about 120 lions, 60 a side (koldewey1914).
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 Procession Street south of the Ishtar Gate Verified
river · Version 1.0.0 · Illustrative
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian water
The Euphrates has changed its course since antiquity; the course drawn here is illustrative.
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The Euphrates and its course Verified
tablet · Version 1.0.0 · Illustrative
Achaemenid Mesopotamia Babylonian inscribed object
A generic tablet. Sizes are illustrative, not those of any one tablet.
Sources: I. Finkel (ed.), The Cyrus Cylinder: The King of Persia’s Proclamation from Ancient Babylon, 2013, the tablet copies of the text To verify
temple-court · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian temple
The plan of the main building and its court is measured, reached by deep shafts and galleries 21 m below the hill of Amran. Heights and the annex are illustrative.
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, Esagila, the temple of Marduk Verified
terrain-patch · Version 1.0.0 · Illustrative
any Zagros any terrain
A stand-in until an elevation model is approved (, copernicus-dem-glo90). It draws only on map sets, so it has no preview of its own.
Sources: Natural Earth, Natural Earth 1:50m and 1:110m, 2024, coastlines only; the relief is not elevation data Verified
tomb-plinth · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Achaemenid Fars Persian tomb
Proportions after Stronach, to verify against the measured drawings.
Sources: D. Stronach, Pasargadae, 1978, ch. 2, the tomb of Cyrus To verify
ziggurat · Version 1.0.0 · Reconstructed
Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylonian temple tower
Drawn after the Esagila tablet as Smith read it. Koldewey warns not to attach great importance to the stage figures, knows of no safe ground for stepped terraces, and writes that the complete height is not known.
Range
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The peribolos of Etemenanki. The tower of Babel Verified · R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, Appendix: Smith’s Esagila tablet Verified · A. R. George, The Tower of Babel: Archaeology, History and Cuneiform Texts, Archiv für Orientforschung 51, 2006, the Esagila tablet To verify
- 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
- Form above the gateway chamber. R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The Ishtar Gate: a central tower (Fig. 21) or towers commanding the chamber (Fig. 43); nothing remains in proof Verified
- Length of the circuit: 18 to 86 km. R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The outer city walls: about 18 km by the excavation; Herodotus gives about 86 km and Ctesias about 65 km Verified
- Height: 50 to 91 m. R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914, The peribolos of Etemenanki (the stair, about 50 m; complete height unknown) and Appendix (tablet: 15 gar, equal to the base) Verified
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
|---|---|---|
| brick cm | 33 | koldewey1914, The Kasr: whole bricks 33 by 33 cm, half bricks 33 by 16.5 cm |
| course cm | 8.33 | koldewey1914, The wall decorations: 24 courses to about 2 m (8.33 cm a course, derived) |
| joint cm | joint 1.2 | koldewey1914, The Ishtar Gate: joints of asphalt and mud, 1 to 1.5 cm |
| matEvery courses | matEvery 5 | koldewey1914, The Ishtar Gate: a reed mat in every fifth course, in wall w13 |
| courses courses | courses 10 | illustrative |
| across bricks | across 4 | illustrative |
| deep bricks | deep 2 | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| span m | [[-280,150],[-157,150]] | koldewey1914, The Euphrates bridge: 123 m as far as made out |
| pierWidth m | pierWidth 9 | koldewey1914, The Euphrates bridge: piers 9 m wide |
| pierGap m | pierGap 9 | koldewey1914, The Euphrates bridge: placed 9 m apart |
| pierLength m | pierLength 21 | koldewey1914, The Euphrates bridge: pier lengths of 21 m |
| width m | width 10 | illustrative roadway: Koldewey thinks the piers were much longer than the roadway was wide |
| h m | h 8 | illustrative deck height |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| rect m | [-1250,-1300,900,1250] | illustrative city outline |
| thickInner m | 6.5 | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: western wall 6.5 m thick |
| gap m | gap 7.2 | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: intermediate space 7.2 m |
| thickOuter m | 3.72 | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: eastern wall 3.72 m thick |
| towerStep m | towerStep 18.1 | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: towers at intervals of 18.1 m |
| towerWidth m | 9.5 | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: frontage 9.4 to 9.7 m |
| towerStepOuter m | 20.5 | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: eastern wall towers every 20.5 m |
| towerWidthOuter m | 5.1 | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: frontage 5.1 m |
| h m | h 15 | illustrative: the height is not preserved |
| moat m | moat 50 | illustrative: a moat is attested, its width here is not |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| area m | [300,-1230,880,1230] | illustrative |
| block m | block 46 | illustrative |
| street m | street 9 | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| length cm | length 22.5 | bm: about 22.5 cm (to verify) |
| diameter cm | diameter 10 | bm: about 10 cm (to verify) |
| lines lines | lines 45 | cylinder translation: lines 1 to 45 (secondary) |
| fragmentB line | fragmentB 36 | cylinder translation: fragment B from line 36 (secondary) |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| width m | width 0.25 | illustrative |
| depth m | depth 0.2 | illustrative |
| length m | length 60 | illustrative |
| basinStep m | basinStep 14 | illustrative |
| basin m | basin 0.8 | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| length m | length 58 | illustrative stretch: about three tower intervals |
| walls m | [{"id":"inner-west","label":"Western wall, mud brick, 6.5 m","x":0,"thick":6.5,"… | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: thicknesses, gap 7.2 m, tower spacing, frontage and depth; heights illustrative |
| gapDim m | [6.5,13.7] | koldewey1914, The inner city wall: intermediate space 7.2 m |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| rowHeight m | rowHeight 2 | koldewey1914, The wall decorations of bulls and dragons: 24 courses measure almost exactly 2 m |
| rows rows | rows 13 | koldewey1914, The wall decorations of bulls and dragons: 13 rows in the schema |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| pts m | [[900,-1700],[2100,-450],[2100,650],[900,1650]] | illustrative course |
| h m | h 12 | illustrative: the height is not preserved |
| towerStep m | towerStep 52.5 | koldewey1914, The outer city walls: towers 52.5 m apart, centre to centre |
| towerWidth m | 8.37 | koldewey1914, The outer city walls: towers 8.37 m wide |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| length m | length 110 | illustrative stretch: two tower intervals |
| walls m | [{"id":"outer-mud","label":"Wall of mud brick, 7 m","x":0,"thick":7,"h":13,"mat"… | koldewey1914, The outer city walls: 7 m, about 12 m apart, 7.8 m, moat wall 3.3 m, towers 8.37 m wide every 52.5 m; heights illustrative |
| fill m | [7,19,12] | koldewey1914, The outer city walls: the space between was filled with rubble, a road ran on the crown |
| fosse m | {"x":36,"label":"The moat lay in front; its far side was not yet found"} | koldewey1914, The outer city walls |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| size m | [300,14,190] | illustrative overall |
| courts courts | courts 5 | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| pts m | [[250,-1350],[250,-700],[230,-350],[230,600]] | illustrative course |
| width m | width 20 | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| pts m | [[-260,-1500],[-180,-700],[-230,0],[-170,700],[-240,1500]] | illustrative course |
| width m | width 140 | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| size cm | [8,10,2.5] | illustrative |
| lines lines | lines 12 | illustrative |
| broken flag | true | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| main m | [79.3,85.8] | koldewey1914, Esagila: northern front 79.3 m, western front 85.8 m |
| court m | [31.3,37.6] | koldewey1914, Esagila: court 31.3 m broad, 37.6 m long |
| fore m | [116,103] | illustrative: the western annex, only its circuit recovered |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| axis deg | [[44.6,36.6],[56.4,27.6]] | illustrative |
| width deg | 2.4 | illustrative |
| ridges ridges | 4 | illustrative |
| height units | 45 | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| base m | [13.35,12.3] | stronach1978 (to verify) |
| steps steps | steps 6 | stronach1978 (to verify) |
| chamber m | [6.4,5.35,2.1] | stronach1978 (to verify) |
| roofH m | roofH 3.3 | illustrative |
| Parameters | Default | منبع |
| levels m | [[91,91,33],[79,79,18],[61,61,6],[52,52,6],[43,43,6],[33,33,6],[24,21,15]] | koldewey1914, Appendix, Smith’s Esagila tablet: stages of 15, 13, 10, 8.5, 7 and 5.5 gar, heights 5.5, 3 and 1 gar; top 4 by 3.5 by 2.5 gar; 1 gar taken as about 6.1 m (Smith’s 20 feet) |
| temenos m | [400,400] | illustrative precinct |
| alt m | [{"h":50,"label":"About 50 m: the stair's height, from the length of its foundat… | koldewey1914, The peribolos of Etemenanki |
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7achaemenid · Version 1.0.0
Stepped plinth with a gabled chamber · Clay barrel cylinder with its text rows · Clay tablet with ruled lines · Stone garden channel with basins · Stylised mountain relief
Sources: D. Stronach, Pasargadae, 1978 To verify · I. Finkel (ed.), The Cyrus Cylinder: The King of Persia’s Proclamation from Ancient Babylon, 2013 To verify · The British Museum, The Cyrus Cylinder, BM 90920 (1880,0617.1941), collection record, 2026 To verify
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neo-babylonian · Version 1.0.0
Inner double wall round a city, in plan · Outer wall with towers astride, in plan · Inner double wall, a measured stretch with its section · Outer wall, a stretch with its section · The Ishtar Gate: double gateway, wings and relief rows · Temple tower with stairs and precinct (Etemenanki) · Temple with a court and a forecourt (Esagila) · Courtyard houses, a procedural field · River with banks · Bridge on ship-shaped piers · Processional Way between walls · Palace with courts in a row · A block of baked brick with its joints
Sources: R. Koldewey, trans. A. S. Johns, The Excavations at Babylon, 1914 Verified · O. Pedersén, Babylon: The Great City, 2021 To verify · A. R. George, The Tower of Babel: Archaeology, History and Cuneiform Texts, Archiv für Orientforschung 51, 2006 To verify · J. Marzahn, The Ishtar Gate (Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin), 1992 To verify
- limestone ashlar with metal clamps
- baked clay (cylinders)
- mud brick: 32 to 33 cm square (Koldewey 1914, The inner city wall)
- baked brick: 33 by 33 cm whole, 33 by 16.5 cm half (The Kasr); 31 cm in the bridge
- asphalt and mud joints of 1 to 1.5 cm, a reed mat every 5 to 13 courses (The Ishtar Gate)
- glazed and moulded brick reliefs on a blue ground (The Kasr; The wall decorations)
- limestone flags and breccia slabs on the Procession Street
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