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19-JUN-2011

Ankara june 2011 6901.jpg

Lion attacking a royal hunting cage drawn on a chariot.
Relief 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, c. 9th century BC.

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

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