Foundation figures
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foundation-figures-267-17616467
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Foundation figures
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Foundation figures were ritualistic works of art from the Early Dynastic period that were used in the construction of ancient Mesopotamian temples. Foundation pegs first appeared in ancient Sumer around the third millennium BCE. Stylized as anthropomorphic nails, foundation figures were symbolically used to mark the grounds of a temple. These nails/pegs were either hammered around the foundation of the temple, along with an inscribed tablet, or they were buried in clay boxes under the foundation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_figures
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2023-03-15T23:18:11Z
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