[1341] So at Babylon, at least, according to Herodotus. Traces of such a room were also found in connection with the zikkurat at Nippur (Peters, Nippur, ii. 122.)
[1342] Bit pirishti. IIR. 50, obverse, 6. Another name (or perhaps the name of a second zikkurat at Nippur; see p. [616], [note 2]) is Im-kharsag, i.e., 'mountain of awe.' Peters' rendering (Nippur, ii. 122) of the names is inaccurate.
[1343] Peters' Nippur, ii. chapter vi.
[1344] Schick, Die Stiftschütte, der Tempel, und der Tempelplatz der Jetztzeit, pp. 8, 9.
[1345] Snouck-Hurgronje Mekka (Atlas, pl. 1). The present structure, though comparatively modern, is built after ancient models.
[1346] Schick, ib. pp. 125-131.
[1347] Die Stiftshütte, der Tempel, und der Tempelplatz der Jeiztzeit, p. 82.
[1348] On the significance of the gate in sacred edifices, see Trumbull, The Threshold Covenant, pp. 102-108.
[1349] Dr. Peters is of the opinion that at the entrance to the temple area proper at Nippur there also stood two large columns.
[1350] Découvertes en Chaldée, pp. 62-64. Heuzey, in a valuable note, already suggests the comparison with the two columns of Solomon's which is here maintained on the basis of the excavations at Nippur.