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19-JUN-2011

Ankara june 2011 6919.jpg

This is a part of a larger relief, with the children of King Araras. From Carchemish, second half of the eight century BC.

A detail of the ‘relief of Yariri/Araras and Kamani’, that was located at the front face of the Royal Buttress.
The inscription above the carved figures says: "This is Kamani and these are his young brothers. I took him by hand and I set him over the temple though he was a child.” Neo-Hittite, basalt, Assyrian style.
Yariri (Araras) was regent from c. 815- c. 790 BC.

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

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