Giparu
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title:
Giparu
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Giparu or, more correctly, gipar is a central concept of both the Sumerian belief system and temple architecture. Typically translated as 'cloister', the actual meaning of gipar includes multiple linked concepts. The giparu was originally a woven reed mat used as wedding bed. Its symbolic meaning expanded to include the idea of the generative power of fertility to create and sustain life. In this sense the giparu expressed multiple ideas of abundance, the storehouse containing abundance, as well
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Sumerian concept
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giparu
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2023-06-30T10:39:40Z
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