Sculpture, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey
Winged griffin demons, with bird heads and winged human bodies, with arms raised to carry the heavens, basalt bas-relief, 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
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