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Sanbulus
(110 words)
[German version] According to Tac. Ann. 12,13,3 the place where Gotarzes II defeated Mithridates [15], his anti-king sent by Rome; it is also mentioned that the last battle between Alexander [4] the Great and Darius [3] III was fought in the same place. Reference is made to a fortress near Ni…
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Ziggurat
(350 words)
[German version] (Akkadian
ziqqurratu, 'temple tower', from
zaqāru, 'build high'). Tower of block-shaped stages, each smaller than the one below, used as the base for a temple. Although no remains of the uppermost part of a ziggurat are extant, it is definite from descriptions that this upper part existed. The term ziggurat is sometimes also used loosely in modern scholarly terminology for the architectural construction of a 'temple on terraces'. Apart from their stepped terraces, the characteristic feature of a ziggurat is its access via a free-standing flight of…
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Throne
(613 words)
[German version] I. Ancient Orient and Egypt Ceremonially decorated piece of furniture for gods and rulers to sit on, with a high back and often with arm-rests. The sides were often shaped as animals or animal
protomae; the legs were often worked in the shape of animal legs. Apart from a few fragments in stone, most thrones were probably made of wood and hence in the area of the Near East have not been preserved, but are known from numerous depictions. Thrones were presumably usually provided with metal (gold) or ivory embellishments (cf. the numerous surviving examples from Egypt). Nissen, Hans Jörg (Berlin) Bibliography M. Metzger, Königsthron und Gottesthron. Thronformen und Throndarstellungen in Ägypten und im Vorderen Orient, 1985 E. Simpson, Furniture in Ancient Western Asia, in: J. Sasson (ed.), Civilization of the Ancient Near East, vol. 3, 1995, 1647-1671 …
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Grain
(4,159 words)
[German version] I. Ancient Orient The various species of hulled and naked wheat (
triticum =
t.) and barley (
hordeum) are among the earliest domesticated plants of the Middle East (Q. Ǧarmu; Çatal H.…
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Pyrgos Lithinos
(119 words)
[German version] (Πύργος Λίθινος: Ptol. 1,12,8 M.; 6,13,2 N.; literally 'stone tower'). Important station on the Pamir on the Silk Road leading to China from the west via Antioch [7] and Bactra. Des…
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Sippar
(193 words)
[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Mesopotamia …
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Yazılıkaya
(171 words)
[German version] Hittite rock sanctuary (dated to
c. 1260 BC), about 2 km to the northeast of the capital Ḫ…
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Town planning
(3,963 words)
[German version] I. General Town planning is the designing of urban settlements (Town, city) on an organizational basis, with the central and particular functions of the town, e.g. as a port or a political centre, having an effect on its external and internal form. Most towns and cities in the Middle East and Egypt arose in the earliest times (in the Middle East from the 5th millennium onwards) at economically or strategically important points (trade routes, river crossings, anchorages). Towns and c…
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Salt
(1,504 words)
[German version] I. Ancient Near East and Egypt Salt (Sumerian mun; Akkadian
ṭabtu; Hittite
puti; Hebrew
mælaḥ; Egyptian
sm.t) played an important role in all ancient Near Eastern cultures and in Egypt. In often high temperatures, the supply of salt was essential to life: salt was therefore part of workers' ordinary rations in Mesopotamia and Egypt (Rations). It was esp. used to season foods and to preserve meat and fish. In medicine, too, salt was used internally and externally. Salt was an important ingredient…
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Sogdiana
(304 words)
[German version] (Σογδιανή;
Sogdianḗ). Region of the Achaemenid Empire between Oxus (Araxes [2]) and Iaxartes, part of the Sixteenth Satrapy; The inhabitants were called
Sogdianoí…
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Steppe
(316 words)
[German version] Steppe is a term for semi-arid regions of vegetation and climate that, in relation to temperature, experience inadequate precipitation for trees to grow. This form of vegetation and climate can be found in southeastern Europe, northern Africa, in various areas of the Near East, of southern Russia and of central Asia. The boundaries both with agrarian land and with desert can fluctuate in accordance with the annual climatic conditions; in the latter case, one can also speak of dese…
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Sambus
(143 words)
[German version] [1] Tributary of the Ganges (Σάμβος/
Sámbos). Tributary of the Ganges (Arr. Ind. 4,4: Megasthenes), possibly identical to the Sarabus (Ptol. 7,1,29; 2,13) corresponding to the Sarayū (Agoranis). Nissen, Hans Jörg (Berlin) [German version] [2] Indian king, 4th cent. BC (Σάμβος/
Sámbos in Arr. Anab. 6,16,3 f., Σάβος/
Sábos in Diod. Sic. 17,102,6 f. and Str. 15,1,33, Σάββας/
Sábbas in Plut. Alexander 64,
Sambus in Curt. 9,8,13 and 9,8,17,
Ambus in Just. Epit. 12,10, etc.). Indian king; his kingdom, with its capital at Sindimana, lay in the mountain …
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Zoo
(933 words)
(παράδεισος/
parádeisos, ζωγρεῖον/
zōgreîon; Latin
vivarium). …
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