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Third Millennium BC Pseudo-Temples from the Diyala Region?

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Abstract

In an interesting, but controversial article J.-D. Forest tried to prove that (with the exception of the Oval Temple) all Early Dynastic buildings discovered in the 1930s in the Diyala Valley, traditionally interpreted as temples (e.g. the so-called temples of Sin in Khafajah and temple of Abu in Tell Asmar) were of a secular character, and the alleged cellae with stepped platforms by the walls were rooms where local notables held office and received their subordinates. This article is a polemic with the views presented by J.-D. Forest, a polemic which leads its author to the conclusion that the original interpretation by P. Delougaz and S. Lloyd, who saw the buildings as small urban sanctuaries, remains more convincing.

How to Cite:

Lawecka, D., (2011) “Third Millennium BC Pseudo-Temples from the Diyala Region?”, Akkadica 132(1), 23–36. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/akkadica.99609

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