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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Ankara pictures >> Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum >> Orthostats hall >> Carchemish orthostats >> Heralds Wall > Ankara june 2011 6878.jpg
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19-JUN-2011

Ankara june 2011 6878.jpg

Mythological scene: Gilgamesh and Enkidu are killing Humbaba, the Guardian of the Cedar Forest.
Limestone relief about 122 cm in height. From the ‘Heralds Wall’ in Carchemish/Karkamış (on the Euphrates River and on the Turkish-Syrian border, c. 25 km south of Birecik). Neo-Hittite sculpture in traditional style (except for the beards, which are Aramean), c. 950-850 BCE.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen
Source: Website of ‘hittitemonuments.com’ .

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