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Three Sided Ortostat
The limestone orthostat has reliefs on its three sides. It was found at Arslantepe prior to regular excavations. Although exact find spot is not know, along with the Winged Genie and Lion- and Bird-Men orthostats it may have been part of a city gate structure that dates to the 12th-11th centuries BCE. On the left side is a depiction of the Storm God with a horned cap, holding in his raised hands a symbol of lightning and probably an axe. The central figure is a human-bodied and winged mythological being. He is holding a pine cone and a plant, both of which are probably ritualistic/apotropaic symbols. On the right side is a bull standing on a platform that is decorated in the style of a mountain. The block is 0.73 m high and the sides with the reliefs are from left to right 0.47 m, 0.38 m, and 0.50 m in width, respectively. It is in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara.
