HOME - ARSLANTEPE TÜRKÇE The limestone fragment appears to be the left end of an originally longer relief. It was found in the late 19th century by a peasant digging near Arslantepe and was first photographed by D. Hogarth and G. Yorke in 1894. On the left is a dining scene of a seated male and female couple, and on the right is a partially preserved hunting(?) scene with a couple of male figures riding a chariot. A Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription above the figures is only partially preserved and appears to give the names of the seated persons. The preserved piece is 0.53 m in height, 1.23 m in length, and 0.30 m in thickness. It may date to around the 11th-10th centuries BCE. It is on display at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara. |