Round 10: 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 (10[1])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 that (10[1])began after he ended the Babylonian Captivity. (10[1])Three bitumen and mudbrick terraces once supported (10[1])one of these places (10[1])atop a “great” (10[1])structure (10[1]-5[1])from the Third Dynasty of Ur. In Ancient Mesopotamia, (-5[1])these places were elevated with pyramidal ziggurats. (10[2])For 10 points, name (-5[1])this general type of building where figures such as Ishtar were worshipped. ■END■ (10[3])

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