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  court 
  still 
  further 
  with 
  a 
  base 
  whose 
  foundations 
  go 
  down 
  to 
  prehis- 
  

   toric 
  levels. 
  But 
  these 
  were 
  minor 
  changes 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  Elamite 
  

   king 
  Warad-Sin 
  to 
  remodel 
  the 
  whole 
  temple. 
  He 
  enlarged 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  three 
  directions, 
  putting 
  up 
  a 
  new 
  retaining 
  wall 
  for 
  the 
  terrace 
  

   outside 
  the 
  old 
  wall 
  the 
  stump 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  buried 
  under 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  

   his 
  chambers, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  and 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  court- 
  

   yard 
  facing 
  the 
  entrance 
  were 
  enriched 
  with 
  half-columns 
  and 
  recesses 
  

   of 
  burnt 
  and 
  crude 
  brick. 
  Five 
  hundred 
  years 
  later 
  what 
  remained 
  

   above 
  the 
  ground 
  of 
  Warad-Sin's 
  work 
  was 
  dismantled 
  and 
  on 
  its 
  

   foundations 
  Kuri-Galzu 
  II 
  of 
  Babylon 
  (c. 
  1400 
  B. 
  C.) 
  set 
  up 
  a 
  plainer 
  

   replica 
  of 
  the 
  Elamite 
  temple 
  ; 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  existing 
  building 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  

   him. 
  Apart 
  from 
  minor 
  details, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  repaving 
  of 
  the 
  court 
  by 
  

   another 
  Babylonian 
  king 
  about 
  1180 
  B. 
  C. 
  and 
  the 
  raising 
  of 
  its 
  level 
  

   by 
  the 
  Assyrian 
  governor 
  Sin-Balatsu-Ikbi 
  in 
  the 
  seventh 
  century, 
  the 
  

   temple 
  retained 
  its 
  character 
  until 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  Nebuchadnezzar 
  (600 
  

   B. 
  C). 
  He 
  built 
  two 
  new 
  sanctuaries 
  on 
  the 
  ziggurat 
  terrace, 
  raised 
  

   the 
  pavement 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  court 
  virtually 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  level 
  and 
  added 
  

   to 
  the 
  pylon 
  gateway 
  by 
  bringing 
  it 
  forward 
  into 
  the 
  court, 
  with 
  side 
  

   doors 
  to 
  the 
  northeast 
  range 
  of 
  chambers 
  which 
  he 
  masked 
  by 
  a 
  cur- 
  

   tain 
  wall. 
  The 
  rooms 
  cleared 
  so 
  far 
  have 
  not 
  produced 
  any 
  tablets; 
  

   two 
  inscribed 
  door 
  sockets 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  but 
  the 
  best 
  object 
  is 
  

   one 
  which 
  has 
  no 
  real 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  building, 
  a 
  lime- 
  

   stone 
  mace 
  head 
  with 
  figures 
  of 
  man-headed 
  bulls 
  in 
  relief 
  and 
  an 
  

   inscription, 
  unfortunately 
  much 
  defaced, 
  which 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  king 
  

   of 
  Mari 
  and 
  certainly 
  belongs 
  to 
  about 
  that 
  period. 
  

  

  Thus 
  we 
  can 
  now 
  trace 
  through 
  its 
  long 
  life 
  of 
  2,500 
  years 
  the 
  vicis- 
  

   situdes 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  temple 
  of 
  Ur, 
  and 
  with 
  its 
  excavation 
  have 
  

   practically 
  finished 
  our 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  

  

  