Reconstructed plan of the ziggurat and temple complex at Nippur (after Gibson -Hansen -Zettler 1998-2001, 551, Fig. 2).

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... Assurbanipal "niche" (see below). In a lower point of the wall he found a stamped brick of Assurbanipal in the fabric (ibid, 19-20, Figure 10). ...

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... fourth area in which stamped bricks of Assurbanipal were excavated was on the north eastern façade of the ziggurat. In one of his earliest descriptions of an archaeological feature following his arrival on site in May 1894, Meyer recorded his observations with an accompanying sketch ( Figure 11) of a "niche" in the north-eastern façade of the ziggurat (M, 04/06/1894: 5-6). The area was also photographed (Figure 12). ...

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... one of his earliest descriptions of an archaeological feature following his arrival on site in May 1894, Meyer recorded his observations with an accompanying sketch ( Figure 11) of a "niche" in the north-eastern façade of the ziggurat (M, 04/06/1894: 5-6). The area was also photographed (Figure 12). Meyer prepared further sketches of the north-eastern façade of the ziggurat showing clearly the position of the niche (Figures 13 and 13a) and again in a rougher drawing (Figures 14 and 14a). ...

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... area was also photographed (Figure 12). Meyer prepared further sketches of the north-eastern façade of the ziggurat showing clearly the position of the niche (Figures 13 and 13a) and again in a rougher drawing (Figures 14 and 14a). In his description of this feature Meyer wrote: ...

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... area was also photographed (Figure 12). Meyer prepared further sketches of the north-eastern façade of the ziggurat showing clearly the position of the niche (Figures 13 and 13a) and again in a rougher drawing (Figures 14 and 14a). In his description of this feature Meyer wrote: ...

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... n. 23 ( Figure 15) shows the north eastern facade of the ziggurat as seen from the northern corner. The panelled part of the casing wall is identified as the work of Assurbanipal, since this part of the structure contains only the bricks of that conquering king. ...

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... recorded Haynes' note of the contents of the "double sized case -No 108: 72 1 greenedged brick (inscribed) with Mili-Shihu: several frags. of green edged bricks" (HSN 179.2). The whereabouts of this brick is not known to the authors. ...

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... brick (inscribed) with Mili-Shihu: several frags. of green edged bricks" (HSN 179.2). The whereabouts of this brick is not known to the authors. 70. Novotny 2003, 71-73, has shown that although Essarhaddon may have sought to initiate building works at Harran, it was Assurbanipal who actually undertook the work (see also Michalowski 2014, 206 Fig. 18). The CBS catalogue entry written in Professor H.V. Hilprecht's hand, states that this fragment of brick with the remnants of a green/blue glaze on one surface was dated to the reign of Assurbanipal and was "reportedly from the shrine on top of ziggur [at]". The entry continues by referring to Haynes' letters of 20 July and 21 ...

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... These bricks appear in the reports and drawings of Haynes and Meyer and show that Assurbanipal conducted at least two areas of building work on or near the ziggurat at Nippur. Only one element survived the extensive and intrusive building work of the Parthian period. This was the drainage conduit built into the north east façade of the ziggurat (Fig. 19). The drain was unique in that it apparently served to drain the first stage of the ziggurat. This in turn might imply other, now lost, building alterations made on the first stage which necessitated the construction of a new drain. The second element was destroyed probably during the Parthian period. A structure built of baked bricks ...