Altar Shrines and Fire Altars

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ID19275915
AutoresErnie Haerinck, Bruno Overlaet (0000-0002-3109-5861)
Ano2008
Volume43
Fascículo0
Páginas207-233
Data de publicação2008-01-31
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIranica Antiqua (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-0870 • E-ISSN: 1783-1482
EditoraPeeters Publishers (PUBLISHER • BE)
DOI10.2143/ia.43.0.2024049
OpenAlexW2314286003
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11

Buildings with two doors and horn-shaped battlements figure on the reverse of early frataraka coins of the 1 st. half of the 2 nd. cent. BCE (first coins); similar buildings but with two large stepped crenellations on the comers are shown on the coins of the second phase. In a third phase fire altars were represented. Contrary to other scholars, the authors do not believe that the building shown on the early coins is closely related to the tower-like monuments at Pasargadae and Naqsh-i Rustam. It is suggested that the monument shown on the coins had a fire altar inside and that its concept is comparable to Greek and Roman sanctuaries, such as the Ara Pacis at Rome

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