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18-SEP-2011

Ankara september 2011 9132.jpg

Sun and Moon gods standing on a lion.
This limestone relief was located at the Great Stairways to the Citadel of Carchemish/Karkamış (on the Euphrates River and on the Turkish-Syrian border, c. 25 km south of Birecik).
Neo-Hittite sculpture in mixed style: traditional Hittite (the gods) and Aramean (the lion); from 950-850 BC.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen
Sources: ‘Anadolu Uygarlıkları’ (Anatolian Civilisations) - Prof.Dr. Ekrem Akurgal
& Website of ‘hittitemonuments.com’ .

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