Specify Citation - 9. The Archaic Cosmology of Cities: Building the Kosmos on Earth
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9.14 Stela of Manishtushu and other Mesopotamian boundary stones. Also, from Pope[1] 1957: fig. 3 ziggurat-like parapets from Persepolis (from Rostamyk, Teheran Museum). And fig. 4 (from D. Schlumberger), ziggurat-like symbol from Afghanistan, combining rosette, pointed spear, and door into the “sacred mountain.”
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- ↑ Arthur Upham Pope, “Persepolis as a Ritual City,” Archaeology, Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 1957), pp. 123–130.
- ↑ Arthur Upham Pope, “Persepolis as a Ritual City,” Archaeology, Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 1957), pp. 123–130.
