Antedating of "Ziggurat"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed May 28 22:12:26 UTC 2014
ziggurat (OED 1877)
1874 _Dublin University Magazine_ Aug. 216 (ProQuest) According to the Assyrian inscriptions, there were at least four temples in this space -- two temples to Ishtar, the Goddess of Nineveh, a temple to Nebo and Merodach, and a "Ziggurat" or temple-tower.
Fred Shapiro
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