draped statue with incised inscription, now in Constantinople. Also a
small basalt lion. _Arslan Tash_, near Palanga; two rude gateway
lions, uninscribed. _Yapalak_; defaced inscription, reported by J. S.
Sterrett but never copied. _Izgin_; obelisk with long inscription in
relief on all four faces, now in Constantinople. These last four
places seem to lie on a main road leading from Cappadocia to Marash
and the Syrian sites. The expedition sent out by Cornell University in
1907 found several Hittite inscriptions on rocks near _Darende_ in the
valley of the Tokhma Su.
E. NORTH SYRIA.--_Marash_; several monuments (_stelae_, wall-blocks
and two lions) with inscriptions, both in relief and incised (part are
now at Constantinople, part in Berlin and America); evidently one of
the most important of Hittite sites. _Karaburshlu_, _Arbistan_,
_Gerchin_, _Sinjerli_; mounds about the head-waters of the Kara Su.
The last-named mound, brought to O. Puchstein's notice in 1882 by the
chance discovery of sculptured wall-dados, now in Constantinople, was
the scene of extensive German excavations in 1893-1894, directed by F.
v. Luschan and K. Koldewey, and was found to cover a walled town with
central fortified palace. Hittite, cuneiform and old Aramaean
monuments were found with many small objects, most of which have been
taken to Berlin; but no Hittite inscriptions came to light.
_Sakchegeuzu_ (Sakchegozu), a site with several mounds between
Sinjerli and Aintab; series of reliefs, once wall-dados, now in Berlin
and Constantinople. This site is in process of excavation by Professor
J. Garstang of the University of Liverpool. A sculptured portico has
come to light in the smallest of the five mounds, and much pottery,
with incised and painted decoration, has been recovered. _Aintab_;
fragment of relief inscription. _Samsat_ (Samosata); sculptured stela
with incised inscription much defaced. _Jerablus_; see above. Several
Hittite objects sent from Birejik and Aintab to Europe probably came
from Jerablus, others from _Tell Bashar_ on the Sajur. _Kellekli_,
near Jerablus; two _stelae_, one with relief inscription. _Iskanderun_
(Alexandretta); source of a long inscription cut on both sides of a
spheroidal object of unknown origin. _Kirchoglu_, a site on the Afrin,
whence a fragmentary draped statue with incised inscription was sent
to Berlin. _Aleppo_; inscription in relief (see above). _Tell Ahmar_
(on left bank of Euphrates); large _stela_ with sculpture and long
relief inscription, found in 1908 with several sculptured slabs and
two gateway lions, inscribed in cuneiform. Two hours south, a lion and
a fragment of a relief inscription were found in 1909 by Miss G. L.
Bell. _Tell Halaf_ in Mid-Mesopotamia, near Ras el-Ain; sculptures on
portico of a temple or palace; cuneiform inscriptions and large
mounds, explored in 1902 by Oppenheim. _Hamah_; five blocks inscribed
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