House of the Foundation of Heaven and Earth, Etemenanki

Model of the Marduk Temple in Babylon, 1 Esangila (House of the Main Elevation), the ground-level Marduk Temple, 2 Etemenanki (House of the Foundation of Heaven and Earth), the approximately 92 m high step tower, The small high temple located on the tower is said to have contained, among other things, a bed and table for Marduk (see display case 19). The model of the tower follows the reconstruction suggestion by W. Andrae/G. Martiny, Condition at the beginning of the 6th century BC