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Title: Icons of dominion
Subtitle: Review scenes at Til Barsip and Persepolis
Author(s): STRONACH, David
Journal: Iranica Antiqua
Volume: 37    Date: 2002   
Pages: 373-402
DOI: 10.2143/IA.37.0.130

Abstract :
This paper draws attention to the largely neglected correspondence that can be detected between the audience scenes (or, perhaps better, the review scenes) that occur on the one hand in wall paintings from the Neo-Assyrian palace at Til Barsip and on the other hand in carved stone reliefs from the Apadana at Persepolis. In as much as these clearly related scenes are separated by a chronological gap of more than two hundred years and by a geographical distance of sixteen hundred kilometers, this essay seeks to explore some of the conceivable mechanisms behind this singular circumstance.

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