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Stele

The basalt stele shows a typical dinner scene of a couple and a younger female, perhaps their daughter. Stylistically it may be dated roughly to the 8th century BCE. The stele is 58 cm high and 57 cm wide. Currently on display in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.


B. Bilgin, 2011 K. Bittel, 1976


Literature:
Bonatz, D. Syro-hethitische Grabdenkmal, Mainz, 2000. (C 60)
Orthmann, W. Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971. (Maraş C/1)


Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2011.
Kurt Bittel, Die Hethiter, 1976.