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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Ankara pictures >> Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum >> Orthostats hall >> Alacahöyük orthostats >> Sphinxes Gate at Alacahöyük > Ankara june 2011 6949.jpg
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19-JUN-2011

Ankara june 2011 6949.jpg

A sword-swallower.
Detail of a relief representing acrobats, from the Southern Gate (Sfynxes’ Gate) at Alaca Höyük.
Andesite (a kind of basalt), height: c. 120 cm. Hittite, 14th century BC.

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

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1/80s f/5.6 at 62.0mm iso2500 full exif

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