Disambiguation evidence for Etemenanki ziggurat via surface form

"Etemenanki"


As subject (50)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Etemenanki".

Predicate Object
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext part of the archaeological site of Babylon
architecturalStyle Mesopotamian ziggurat
associatedDeity Marduk
associatedMyth Tower of Babel narrative
associatedWith Etemenanki ziggurat self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tower of Babel
associatedWithConcept axis mundi
associatedWithConcept link between heaven and earth
builtFor Marduk
cityRole central monument of Babylon
culture Babylonian
currentCondition ruins
dedicatedInCity Babylon
dedicatedTo Marduk
destroyed yes
excavatedBy Robert Koldewey
excavationCentury 19th century
excavationCentury 20th century
function religious center
function temple
hasSacredFunction true
hasStairways true
hasStepDesign true
hasTerraces true
heightClaimedInAncientSources about 90 meters
influenced later interpretations of the Tower of Babel
instanceOf religious building
instanceOf temple tower
instanceOf ziggurat
knownFrom archaeological remains
knownFrom classical sources
knownFrom cuneiform texts
languageOfName Sumerian
locatedIn Babylon
locatedInPresentDay Iraq
locatedInRegion Mesopotamia
locatedNear Euphrates
surface form: Euphrates River
material baked brick
material mudbrick
mentionedBy Berosus
mentionedBy Herodotus
nameMeaning House of the foundation of heaven and earth
numberOfLevelsClaimed seven
partOf Esagila temple complex
period Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
rebuiltBy Nebuchadnezzar II
religion Mesopotamian religion
religiousAffiliation Babylonian cult of Marduk
significance major cult center of Marduk
significance symbol of Babylonian religious architecture
structureType stepped tower

As object (2)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "Etemenanki".

Babylon hasZiggurat
"Etemenanki"
↳ resolves to Etemenanki ziggurat
Marduk majorTemple
"Etemenanki"
↳ resolves to Etemenanki ziggurat