Yumurtalık stele
The Yumurtalık stele is a late Hittite monument from the 9th century BC. The stele was found in 1994 during construction work in Yumurtalık in southern Turkey in the Cilicia plains . It is now on display in the Adana Archaeological Museum .
description
The basalt stele is 1.10 meters high, 0.51 meters wide and 0.20 meters deep, parts of the bottom are lost. A winged sun is depicted on the rounded upper part . Underneath, a niche is worked into the stone in which two people are shown. A male figure facing to the right with undefined objects in his hands stands roughly in the center. Opposite him on the right edge is a considerably smaller, seated figure. She is also holding an elongated object in her hands. According to Dominik Bonatz , who mentions the work in a list in his work on Syro-Hittite grave monuments, the stele can be dated back to the 9th century BC. To be dated.
Web links
- Yumurtalık at Hittitemonuments.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dominik Bonatz: The Syro-Hittite grave monument . Mainz, von Zabern 2000 ISBN 3-8053-2603-3 p. 22.