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19-JUN-2011

Ankara june 2011 6883.jpg

A bull-man (‘kusarikku’) and a lion-man (‘ugallu’). 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’ .

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