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Orthostats of Winged Genie
Several limestone orthostats with the same relief of a human-bodied and winged figure, often called a winged genie, were found in the area southwest of the Lion Gate. The figure is shown holding a pine cone and a plant, both of which are probably ritualistic/apotropaic symbols. One of the orthostats was found in the mound of Arslantepe prior to regular excavations of 1930s, and is 0.74 m in height and 0.42 m in width on the front. The other two were unearthed after 2010 in recent excavations and have similar dimensions. Along with the three-sided orthostat and the Lion- and Bird-Men orthostats, all were once probably used in the decoration of an earlier gate structure that dates to around the 12th to 11th centuries BCE. The earlier-found orthostat is in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara, and the latter two are in the Malatya Museum.
