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14-DEC-2006

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We are here approaching the East Gate. Note the wall to the left and its offsets placed at regular intervals. These continued the lines of the corners of the timber-framed superstructure which probably once stood on the wall, so providing (as it were) a visual foundation. The slightly inward-sloping substructure of the wall is 6 metres high and 4,5-5 metres thick. The superstructure, no longer preserved, reached up a further 3-4 metres. Besides timber beams, this was initially built of sundered mudbrick, but in time the whole superstructure was replaced by a narrow stone wall. The overlapping sections of wall constitute the entrance to the citadel. Already in the Hellenistic period, the eastern wall of this gateway was deeply cut into the retaining and foundation wall of the temple precinct.

I read that the entrance way is curved (you can see the start of the curve), which would make it impossible for attackers to open the gate using a battering ram.

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