Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey

Number: 19 June 1, 2016
  • Gonca Dardeniz
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Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey

Abstract

Foundation pegs – also known as dedication nails, foundation nails or cones – were objects of sacred function pinned on the walls of religious or administrative buildings. These objects were also hidden through burial in the foundations of structures to mark them as divine properties of deities or of a deified king/ruler of the society

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Year 2016 Number: 19

APA
Dardeniz, G. (2016). Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey. Adalya, 19, 27-50. https://izlik.org/JA42NE67GZ
AMA
1.Dardeniz G. Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey. Adalya. 2016;(19):27-50. https://izlik.org/JA42NE67GZ
Chicago
Dardeniz, Gonca. 2016. “Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey”. Adalya, nos. 19: 27-50. https://izlik.org/JA42NE67GZ.
EndNote
Dardeniz G (June 1, 2016) Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey. Adalya 19 27–50.
IEEE
[1]G. Dardeniz, “Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey”, Adalya, no. 19, pp. 27–50, June 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA42NE67GZ
ISNAD
Dardeniz, Gonca. “Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey”. Adalya. 19 (June 1, 2016): 27-50. https://izlik.org/JA42NE67GZ.
JAMA
1.Dardeniz G. Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey. Adalya. 2016;:27–50.
MLA
Dardeniz, Gonca. “Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey”. Adalya, no. 19, June 2016, pp. 27-50, https://izlik.org/JA42NE67GZ.
Vancouver
1.Gonca Dardeniz. Cultic Symbolism at the City Gates: Two Metal Foundation Pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh Turkey. Adalya [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 1;(19):27-50. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA42NE67GZ

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