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Temple of Gareus

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17: 25: 16: 59:. The temple was made of fired bricks and consisted of a single room. The dimensions are 10.7 x 13.7 metres. The original height of the structure is unknown, but the surviving ruins of the structure are over eight metres high. The exterior was decorated with four half-columns with 63:
and vaulted niches in between. In front of the temple's facade, there was a series of six columns. The structure was originally covered in plaster and decorated with a frieze depicting mythical creatures.
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The building originally stood in a fortified area, which was slowly built over. Underneath the buildings there was a bath. The temple structure was partially restored in 1972.
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An inscription was found near the temple, which refers to the otherwise unknown god
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period, and is among the few surviving religious structures of Parthian date in
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bgis GmbH scannt Gareus Tempel und pathisches Bad in Uruk/Irak (with images)
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Uruk: Architektur IV, Von der Seleukiden- bis zur Sasanidenzeit
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Uruk
Iraq
Parthian
Babylonia
Ionic capitals
Gareus


Downey 1986



"ART IN IRAN iv. PARTHIAN Art"
ISBN
3-8053-1898-7
bgis GmbH scannt Gareus Tempel und pathisches Bad in Uruk/Irak (with images)
Categories
History of Muthanna Governorate
Uruk
1st-century religious buildings and structures
Brick buildings and structures
Parthian architecture

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