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THEZIGGURATOFUR<br />

feet<br />

front ^y side<br />

kk X 33<br />

kQ X 36<br />

88 X 66<br />

Original Dimensions in Meters<br />

and in Sumerian Feet of 310.723 mm<br />

h 21+, 000 F^ !j\<br />

192,000 p3<br />

meters<br />

front by side<br />

13.7 X 10.2<br />

li4..9 X 11.2<br />

27.3 X 20.5<br />

96 X 72 29.8 X 22.1|.<br />

132 X 99 l^-l.O X 30.8<br />

614-8,000 P-><br />

^<br />

Ikk X 108 kh.7 X 33.6<br />

176 X 132 5k-7 X kl»0<br />

"^ 1, 536, 000 P^<br />

192 X Ikk ^9.7 X kk'7<br />

This drawing shows the original dimensions of the Ziggurat of Ur, in<br />

meters and in Sumerian feet of 0.310723 meters. It was built with<br />

9.6 million bricks and its volume was 2.4 million cubic feet, or 720,-<br />

000 cubic meters, which represented % of the volume of the Tower<br />

of Babel, or %6 of that of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The first tier<br />

has a 132:144 ratio equal to 264:288.

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