But the salient object of the place was the titanic stone ramp which, eluding the archways by a sharp turn outward into the open floor, wound spirally up the stupendous cylindrical wall like an inside counterpart of those once climbing outside the monstrous towers or ziggurats of antique Babylon.
Baina, ezaugarririk nabariena egundoko harrizko arrapala zen: arkupeak bihurgune zorrotz batez barrura saihestuz, horma zilindriko harrigarrian gora kiribiltzen zen espiral batean, Babilonia zaharreko zigurat edo dorre itzelen kanpotik igotzen ziren arrapala haien barruko bertsioa balitz bezala.