Temple
12 books featuring this symbol
The temple houses divine presence and regulates approach through purity laws. It centers communal identity and ritual economy.
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
429-425 BCE
Greek
Kebra Nagast
Anonymous
1314-1321 CE
African, Ethiopian
Hebrew Bible
Various
1000-200 BCE
Levantine, Hebrew
Sumerian King List
Anonymous
2000-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Natural History
Pliny the Elder
77-79 CE
Roman
Eridu Genesis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
On the Nature of the Gods
Cicero
45 BCE
Roman
Annals of Cuauhtitlan
Anonymous
1570 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Relación de Michoacán
Anonymous
1540-1550 CE
Mesoamerican, Purepecha
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk
800-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Codex Laud
Anonymous
1450-1550 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Song of Release
Anonymous
1400-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite