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.

This is the corner piece of a relief, with the goddess close on the corner part. Around the corner people are beating a drum, part of the Procession Way. Nineth century BC, Carchemish.