Shadow XIX,
You said: I have to say I havent heard the description you gave of the of Enki's "ziggurat" pure silver fascinating.
My response. The text actually says:
An artfully made bright crenellation rising out from the abzu was erected for lord Nudimmud. Enki, the lord who determines the fates, built up his
temple entirely from silver and lapis lazuli. Its silver and lapis lazuli were the shining daylight. [...]
Its brickwork makes utterances and gives advice. [...]
He built the temple from precious metal, decorated it with lapis lazuli, and covered it abundantly with gold. [...]
As it has been built, as it has been built; as Enki has raised Eridug up, it is an artfully built mountain which floats on the water. (Source is The
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, University of Oxford, Oriental Institute.)
www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk...
[edit on 6-3-2006 by undo]