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Document Details : Title: Foundation houses, fire altars and frataraka Subtitle: Interpreting the iconography of some post-Achaemenid Persian Coins Author(s): POTTS, D.T. Journal: Iranica Antiqua Volume: 42 Date: 2007 Pages: 271-300 DOI: 10.2143/IA.42.0.2017879 Abstract : The iconography on Persid coins of the frataraka dynasty has been discussed by many scholars. Interpretations have considered whether the building shown on the reverse of these coins was 1. a fire temple; 2. an atāshgah, i.e. a repository of holy fire; 3. a tomb; 4. a coronation tower; 5. a ‘foundation house’ or repository for Zoroastrian paraphernalia; or 6. a tower altar/fire altar. These putative functions, and the building’s relationship to the similarly shaped Zendan-e Sulaiman at Pasargadae and Ka‘ba-e Zardosht at Naqsh-e Rustam, are evaluated. |
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