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| ID: 901000608 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000608 | Record Type: Legendary Built Work |
 | Tower of Babel (Old Testament legendary structure) | |
| Note: In biblical literature, structure built in the land of Shinar (Babylonia) some time after the Deluge. The story of its construction, given in Genesis 11:1–9, appears to be an attempt to explain the existence of diverse human languages. | |
| Tower of Babel (Old Testament legendary structure) (preferred,English-P,D,N) |
| Babel, Tower of (Old Testament legendary structure) (English,U,N) |
| | Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) |
| | ....<Old Testament iconography> (P) |
| | ........<Old Testament legendary places> (P) |
| | ............Tower of Babel (Old Testament legendary structure) (I) |
| source is .... Bible, Old Testament | |
| ..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian), Bible, Old Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts)) [901000253] |
| role/characteristic is .... building (structure) | |
| .....(structures (single built works), single built works by general type, single built works (built environment), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
| culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period) | |
| .....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
| role/characteristic is .... ziggurat | |
| .....(religious structures, ceremonial structures, single built works by function, single built works by specific type, single built works (built environment), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
| located in .... Babylonia | |
| .....(Iraq, Asia) (TGN) |
| Tower of Babel (Old Testament legendary structure) |
| ................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 71B42 the Tower of Babel |
| Babel, Tower of (Old Testament legendary structure) |
| ................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85010726 |
| ................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) |
| ................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 71B42 the Tower of Babel |
| ................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Tower of Babel," accessed 3 July 2017 |
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