Verify Citation - 9. The Archaic Cosmology of Cities: Building the Kosmos on Earth
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Query: 9. The Archaic Cosmology of Cities: Building the Kosmos on Earth
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“Likewise Mesopotamian was the seven-pointed star symbol atop Ahura Mazda’s polos crown,” and the investiture ceremony in which the sun-god handed the ruler the ring/measuring rope (Root[1] 1979: pp. 172f., 211ff., 166). “It is probable that the Achaemenids borrowed from Assyria not only the literary formulae, but also the actual court protocol for ceremonial enactments of the vassal/king relationship such as kissing the feet of the king.”
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(Margaret Cool Root, The King and Kingship in Achaemenid Art: Essays on the Creation of an Iconography of Empire. Acta Iranica, 3rd series, Vol. 19 (Leiden: 1979), pp. 172f., 211ff., 166)
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- ↑ Margaret Cool Root, The King and Kingship in Achaemenid Art: Essays on the Creation of an Iconography of Empire. Acta Iranica, 3rd series, Vol. 19 (Leiden: 1979), pp. 172f., 211ff., 166.
