Ermenek Relief The relief is at Bezciler hill which lies to the southeast of the town of Ermenek, Karaman. It was briefly mentioned by Kurt Bittel in 1939 but first detailed study was done by Kay Kohlmeyer. The upper one-third of the relief was severely damaged since Bittel. The relief carved in a niche shows a standing man with a forward stretched arm, wearing a short tunic. Although Bittel suspected a date in the Empire Period, details such as the frontal view of the torso and the face, the bent knees, and framed niche suggest a much later date and Kohlmeyer suggests as late as Roman period. This relief is probably completely destroyed in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Click on the picture for a larger image.

Literature:
Bittel, K. "Archäologische Funde aus der Türkey 1934-1938," AA 54, 1939: 94–207 (126–27).
Kohlmeyer, K. "Felsbilder der hethitischen Großreichszeit", APA 15, 1983: 102–3.
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Image sources:
Kurt Bittel, 1939.