Round 9: Tossup 16

A set of 42 texts named for these places identifies the first known named author, Enheduanna. The symbol É ("eh") prefixes the name of many of these places, such as one excavated by Robert Koldewey called Esagila. Cyrus the Great’s namesake cylinder attests to him restoring these places, (10[1])one of which names the historical period (10[1])that began after he ended the Babylonian Captivity. (10[1])Three (10[1])bitumen and mudbrick terraces once supported one of these places atop a “great” structure from the Third Dynasty of Ur. In Ancient Mesopotamia, these places were elevated with pyramidal ziggurats. (-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this general type of building where figures such as Ishtar were worshipped. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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