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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Ankara pictures >> Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum >> Orthostats hall >> Carchemish orthostats >> Heralds Wall > Bird headed winged idols
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23-SEP-2004

Bird headed winged idols

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A pair of bulls butting a voluted tree. Neo-Hittite relief from the ‘Heralds Wall’ in Carchemish/Karkamış (on the Euphrates River and on the Turkish-Syrian border, c. 25 km south of Birecik). Basalt, 950-850 BC.

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

Nikon D70
1/25s f/5.6 at 31.0mm full exif

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