Gökbez
This Storm-god figure is carved on a roughly 3 by 2 meter piece of rock, and located in the Gökbez village, about 18 km south-east of Bor, in the Niđde province. The Storm-god is holding a double-headed axe in the right hand and a lighting symbol in the left. There is a vine with large grapes, grown between the feet of the Storm-god. It lacks an inscription but stylistically is very similar to the Niđde stele of Muwaharani, son of Warpalawa of Tuwana. A date in the second half of the 8th century BCE has been suggested.
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Bora Bilgin, 2011