Anu Ziggurat - Anu Ziggurat

Japanese: アヌ・ジッグラト - あぬじっぐらと
Anu Ziggurat - Anu Ziggurat

...Because it is a symbolic structure unique to Mesopotamian civilization, it is difficult to come up with a consensus on its origin and nature, due to a lack of data and the issue of how to grasp the nature of the civilization. There is no doubt about the ziggurats built by King Ur-Nammu of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur in Ur, Eridu, Uruk, Nippur, etc., but the prevailing view is that their origin is in the temples of the Ubaid culture, which have foundations dating back to the 5th millennium BC, and that the multi-layered ziggurats were established from the 4th millennium BC Anu Ziggurat in Uruk, which has a foundation that is even larger than the 5th millennium BC. However, since the foundations of the 5th and 4th millennia BC are not multi-layered, it would be more appropriate to limit the origin and existence of ziggurats to the 3rd millennium BC and later. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Anu Ziggurat" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…メソポタミア文明に特有の象徴的な建造物であるので,その起源や性格については,資料不足に加えて,文明の性格をどのように把握するかにかかわる問題でもあるために,定説が生まれにくい状況である。ウル第3王朝のウルナンム王がウル,エリドゥ,ウルク,ニップールなどに建設したジッグラトは疑問の余地がないが,前5千年紀に属する基壇をもつウバイド文化の神殿にその起源を求め,前4千年紀のウルクの〈アヌ・ジッグラト〉などをさらに巨大化した基壇と認めて,ここから重層のジッグラトが成立したという見方が優勢である。しかし前5千年紀および前4千年紀の基壇は重層基壇ではないので,現状ではジッグラトの起源と存在を前3千年紀以降に限定する方が妥当であろう。…

※「アヌ・ジッグラト」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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