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Statue of a ruler(?)

The head and torso of a limestone statue were found in the fields surrounding Arslantepe. The roughly life-size statue stylistically dates to the late 10th or early 9th century BCE and is currently in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum.


T. Bilgin, 2014 T. Bilgin, 2014 T. Bilgin, 2014 D. Bonatz, 2000


Literature:
Bonatz, D. Syro-hethitische Grabdenkmal, Mainz, 2000 (A 4).
Orthmann, W. Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971. (Malatya C/4)


Image sources:
Tayfun Bilgin, 2014.
Dominik Bonatz, 2000.