Enc. Britt.: goddess of the ancient Syrian city of Carchemish. In religious texts of the Hittite empire (c. 1400–c. 1190 BC), she played a minor part and appeared mainly in a context of Hurrian deities and rituals. After the downfall of the empire her cult spread westward and northward, andshe became the chief goddess of the successor kingdoms (the neo-Hittite states) from Cilicia to the Halys River.
The goddess is seated out of sight around the right corner, these people seem to make music in her honour. Nineth century BC, Carchemish.