Mary M. Voigt. « A Temple at Hasanlu », in : N. F. Miller & K. Abdi, eds., Yeki Bud, Yeki Nabud. Essays on the Archaeology of Iran in Honor of William M. Sumner. Monograph Series 48, Los Angeles, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, pp. 219-236.
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The article proposes a comparison of Hasanlu’s Burnt Building II (phase IVB) dated to the 9th century BC, with contemporary Mesopotamian cult buildings in terms of structure and artifact description. The authors use Margueron’s architectural definition for a temple as a guideline in defining the Burnt Building. First the Burnt Building is compared with Middle Assyrian and Middle Babylonian temples where the straight-axis temple plan is predominant. An account of the different places within th...
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The article proposes a comparison of Hasanlu’s Burnt Building II (phase IVB) dated to the 9th century BC, with contemporary Mesopotamian cult buildings in terms of structure and artifact description. The authors use Margueron’s architectural definition for a temple as a guideline in defining the Burnt Building. First the Burnt Building is compared with Middle Assyrian and Middle Babylonian temples where the straight-axis temple plan is predominant. An account of the different places within th...
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