Sculpture, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey
8 of the 10 children of king Yariri, detail with 3 figures holding knucklebones or astragalus, 1 man walking with stick, 2 figures playing knucklebones and 2 playing with turning whirligigs, bas-relief and Luwian hieroglyphic inscription, Hittite, 900-700 BC, on an orthostat from the Royal Buttress at Carchemish, Gaziantep, Neo-Hittite period 900-700 BC, in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, founded 1921 by Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey. The Royal Buttress is a monumental structure with reliefs depicting the royal family, specifically king Yariri and his heir Kamani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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