The goddess Kubaba, wearing a ‘polos’-type hat, and having a stylised pomegranate (symbol of fertility) in her right hand and a mirror in her left.

This relief has been reconstructed from an upper part fragment (the darker left upper corner); the lower part was shaped similar to another fragment in the museum, showing the lower half of the standing goddess. The mirror in her left hand was added accordingly to other known neo-Hittite representations of the goddess standing. (Source: Website of ‘hittitemonuments.com’).

The relief fragment was excavated at the Long Wall of Carchemish/Karkamış (on the Euphrates River and on the Turkish-Syrian border, c. 25 km south of Birecik). Neo-Hittite sculpture in traditional style, 750-700 BC.

Kubaba became the tutelary goddess protecting the city of Carchemish in the late Hurrian – Early Hittite period (17th century BC). Later, the goddess Hepat of the Hittite imperial times transformed into Kubaba in all Neo-Hittite kingdoms of the south eastern Anatolia (1150-700 BC).

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