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Hierarchy of Cult Objects in the OxusTemple at Takhti-Sangin

Abstract

The article is an attempt to define one of the most significant cultic objects in the Oxus Temple at Takhti-Sangin (Northern Bactria, modern southern Tajikistan) in the period of Hellenism. The fire altars of the temple were considered its most sacred objects by its discoverers, B. Litvinskiy and I. Pichikyan. M. Boyce and C. Rapin disagreed with their opinion but didn’t give any detailed substantiation. A detailed analysis of the architecture, sculpture and stratigraphy of the temple makes us agree with M. Boyce’s opinion, according to which the main objects of worship in the temple were cult statues, while the role of the fire cult was secondary.

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I. . Korovchinskiy
Moscow State Regional University
Russian Federation


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