In the back of the picture, two ladies stand in front of a plaster cast of the 4,20 m high Ivriz rock-relief monument.
The Neo-Hittite rock relief depicts the late 8th-century BC king Warpalawas of Tuwanuva (standing on the right side) and the god of weather Tarhunzas (the big fellow holding bunches of grapes). In between them there is a hieroglyphic Luwian inscription. Some details show Aramean (North Syrian) influence, especially in the figure of the king.

Ivriz lies in the Konya Province, immediately south-east of the modern town of Ereğli. It was
an Iron Age cult place, at the source of the ‘Ivriz Su’ river. The monument, that is situated next to it, is the best preserved Hittite rock-relief in the country.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Anadolu Uygarlıkları’ (Anatolian Civilisations) – Prof.Dr. Ekrem Akurgal.