Sculpture, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey
Chimera or 3-headed sphinx, as winged lion with head of a bird of prey on its tail and human head with plaited hair and conical headdress, 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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