Sculpture, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey
Bull-man or kusarikku, a protective creature holding spear and wearing helmet, basalt bas-relief, detail, Hittite, 900-700 BC, on an orthostat from the Herald's Wall at Carchemish, Gaziantep, Neo-Hittite period 900-700 BC, in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, founded 1921 by Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey. The ceremonial Herald's Wall features reliefs of military processions, lions and mythological creatures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
50451768
Media ID
50451768
Size
5770px x 8268px
(33.5MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2026
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