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; , "the tower of the furnaces," i.e. of the (bakers') ovens. . There were also the smelting furnace, the refining furnace, the type of affliction and testing probation (; ; ), the lime-kiln. The brick-kiln furnace had an opening at the top to cast in the materials, and a door at the bottom to extract the metal. The Babylonians used it to inflict their cruel capital punishments (-26; ).