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Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26993 'King's Gate in Hattusha.' A warrior god adorns one of the giant slabs that form the King's Gate in the eastern city wall off Hattusha, the Hittite capital situated near the village of Bogazköy (north of Yozgat). The gate, dating from the 14th century BC, was constructed in the form of a pointed arch, the upper part of which is now lost. The relief with the god is a replica; the original is kept in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26981 'Hittite hieroglyphs.' A Neo Hittite hieroglyphic inscription on a stele found near Sultanhani (east of Kayseri) is dedicated to the god Tarhunzas, asking him for a better harvest from vineyards and orchards. The stele, dating from the 8th century BC, is currently in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26985 'Children playing with top.' Two children of the Neo Hittite king Araras are using a whip to spin their tops. The relief, dating from the 8th century BC, was found at the Royal Buttress in the Hittite city of Carchemish and is currently in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26984 'Hittite bull-men.' Neo Hittite relief of two bull-men (kusarikku) holding a tree, found at the Water Gate in the Hittite city of Carchemish, near the southern border of Turkey. The relief, dating from the 8th century BC, is currently in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26986 'Hittite soldiers.' Neo Hittite soldiers with spears carry their shields on their back on a basalt relief that was once part of the Royal Buttress in the Hittite city of Carchemish. The relief, dating from the 8th century BC, is currently in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26987 'Winged griffins.' Winged griffins carry the firmament on a relief that was once part of the Herald's Wall in the Hittite city of Carchemish. The relief, dating from the 8th century BC, is currently in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26988 'Offering to the Storm God.' The Neo Hittite king Sulumeli (centre) offers a libation (liquid offering) to the Storm God, who holds a boomerang in his right hand and a thunderbolt in his left. On the right, the bull being led by a man is to be sacrificed to the god. The relief, dating from the Early Neo Hittite period (1050-850 BC), was found at Arslantepe near Malatya and is currently in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26989 'Kubaba.' Kubaba, holding an ear of wheat in her left hand, was the patron goddess of Carchemish, the Hittite city where this relief, dating from about 850 -750 BC was found as part of the so-called Long Wall. The relief is currently in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26990 'Hittite horse.' This horse forms part of a chariot scene in the so-called Long Wall reliefs (8th century BC) of the Hittite city of Carchemish. It is currently in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[TURKEY.CENTRAL 26993
'King's Gate in Hattusha.'

A warrior god adorns one of the giant slabs that form the King's Gate in the eastern city wall off Hattusha, the Hittite capital situated near the village of Bogazköy (north of Yozgat). The gate, dating from the 14th century BC, was constructed in the form of a pointed arch, the upper part of which is now lost. The relief with the god is a replica; the original is kept in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.CENTRAL 26993 'King's Gate in Hattusha.' A warrior god adorns one of the giant slabs that form the King's Gate in the eastern city wall off Hattusha, the Hittite capital situated near the village of Bogazköy (north of Yozgat). The gate, dating from the 14th century BC, was constructed in the form of a pointed arch, the upper part of which is now lost. The relief with the god is a replica; the original is kept in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[TURKEY.CENTRAL 26993
'King's Gate in Hattusha.'

A warrior god adorns one of the giant slabs that form the King's Gate in the eastern city wall off Hattusha, the Hittite capital situated near the village of Bogazköy (north of Yozgat). The gate, dating from the 14th century BC, was constructed in the form of a pointed arch, the upper part of which is now lost. The relief with the god is a replica; the original is kept in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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