The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)

— Ebla —

building, and for a small square between the temple and the palace (Matthiae 2010a:
112-116).
As concerns their plans, the two temples belong to the typology which becomes the
classical Syrian temple in antis. The Temple of the Rock has a cella which is wider than

Figure 28.3 Plan o f the Red Temple in Area D on the Acropolis, Early Bronze IVA

(© Missione Archeologica Italiana in Siria)

TELL MARDIKH - EBLA

AREA D

Tempio D3

BA IV A

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RIccardo Ceretti

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