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Diodori i Siçilisë shkruan se Babilonasit vendosën dy gjarpërinj të stërmëdhenj prej argjendi në majë të kullës së Babelit. (Dio. Siç. II. 9.)
Nuk e kuptoj nëse kjo është ndonjë fantazi e tij, sikur nuk arrij t'a gjej nga burime të tjera.
Keni rastisur në këtë të dhënë a në ndonjë tjetër të ngjashme me të ?

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II. 4. 383 (Diodorus Siculus)

" After this she built in the centre of the city a temple of Zeus whom, as we have said, the Babylonians call Belus. Now since with regard to this temple the historians are at variance, and since time has caused the structure to fall into ruins, it is impossible to give the exact facts concerning it. But all agree that it was exceedingly high, and that in it the Chaldaeans made their observations of the stars, whose risings and settings could be accurately observed by reason of the height of the structure. 5 Now the entire building was ingeniously constructed at great expense of bitumen and brick, and at the top of the ascent Semiramis set up three statues of hammered gold, of Zeus, Hera, and Rhea. Of these statues that of Zeus represented him erect and striding forward, and, being forty feet high, weighed a thousand Babylonian talents; that of Rhea showed her seated on a golden throne and was of the same weight as that of Zeus; and at her knees stood two lions, while near by were huge serpents of silver, each one weighing thirty talents. 6 The statue of Hera was also standing, weighing eight hundred talents, and in her right hand she held a snake by the head and in her left a sceptre studded with precious stones. 7 A table for all three statues, made of hammered gold, stood before them, forty feet long, fifteen wide, and weighing five hundred talents. Upon it rested two drinking-cups, weighing thirty talents. 8 And there were censers as well, also two in number but weighing each three hundred talents, and also three gold mixing bowls, of which the one belonging to Zeus weighed twelve hundred Babylonian talents and the other two six hundred each. 9 But all these were later carried off as spoil by the kings of the Persians,25 while as for the palaces and the other buildings, time has either entirely effaced them or left them in ruins; and in fact of Babylon itself but a small part is inhabited at this time, and most of the area within its walls is given over to agriculture."

Falemderit per informaten e sjelle Dalan. Vertet Siculus permennd gjaperinj te argjendte qe shoqeronin Rhea, statuja e se ciles bashke me Zeus/Belus dhe Heren u ngrit nga Semiramida.

Por kjo ne le te kuptojme se Bal ose Belus (e mbase observatori) ka qene nje mbret shume me i lashte se Semiramida dhe qyteti i tij nderkohe ishte rrenuar. Siculus permend se asnje perpjekje nuk u be per te ringallur Babilone (qytetin) e vjeter, i cili u la ne rrenoja. Semiramid au kujdes vetem per kullen.

Ne kete pike jane disa gjera qe bejne pershtypje. Fakti qe Bel shoqerohet me Heren dhe Rhean. Kjo mund te interpretohet se Bel (princi i BaByl-it) eshte nje kult babilonas i nje Zeus me vjeter, dhe nga hoqerimi me Rene (Rhea) e Hera i importuar.

Pervec kesaj kemi edhe perdorimin e bitumit dhe tullave. Nga vinte bitumi?