Sculpture, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey
Hieroglyphic inscription detailing military campaigns, victories and spoils of war, and declaring offerings to gods, limestone bas-relief on an orthostat, Hittite, from the Long Wall at Carchemish, Gaziantep, Neo-Hittite period 900-700 BC, in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, founded 1921 by Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey. The Long Wall links the ancient city to its citadel and is covered with reliefs of cavalry, soldiers and rulers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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