Sculpture, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey
Kneeling bearded figure holding bull's horn and lion's leg, with lions, deer and bull, possibly depicting Gilgamesh, master of animals, 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
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