Verify Citation - 9. The Archaic Cosmology of Cities: Building the Kosmos on Earth
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van Buren[1] observed in her monograph on Mesopotamian Foundation Figurines and Offerings (1931: p. 74): “In archaic times a human dwelling was a more or less temporary construction; hence, if there was a foundation ceremony at all, the offerings were likely to be of an evanescent character. The sanctuary for a god, on the contrary, was erected upon a spot already marked out in some special way as hallowed and therefore inviolable, and the building was intended to last for countless ages.”
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- ↑ Edith Douglas van Buren, Foundation Figurines and Offerings (Berlin: 1931), p. 74.
