A young prince. Detail from the relief ‘Regent Yariri presenting Kamani’.
From the ‘Royal Buttress of Yariri and Kamani’ in Carchemish/Karkamış (on the Euphrates River and on the Turkish-Syrian border, c. 25 km south of Birecik). Neo-Hittite sculpture, c. 8th century BC.

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