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简介:1.Introduction*Thelabyrinthconceptexistsinmultipleforms,andisattestedasbothartisticdepictionandmythologicalmotifinmanyancientandmodernculturesacrosspartsofEurope,India,thesouth-westernUnitedStatesandSouth-America.1TwodistincttypesoflabyrinthsymbolcanalsobeidentifiedinancientMesopotamia,themostcommonofwhichisaround,spiral-shapeddesignbasedontheappearanceofanimalintestinesexaminedduringextispicy.Thepracticeofextispicyinvolvedthesolicitationofomensthroughtheritualslaughteringofanimals,theentrailsofwhichwerethen‘read’byscholarswhospecialisedindivination.2These‘spiral’labyrinths,inscribedonaseriesofclaytabletsdatedtotheKassiteperiod,3areherecomparedwithlabyrinthpatternsfromtheancientMediterranean,anditissuggestedthatbothtypesofdesignmayhavesharedacommonoriginrootedinanatomicalobservation.