The land of the Hittites : $b An account of recent explorations and discoveries in Asia Minor, with descriptions of the Hittite monumentsGarstang, John
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The land of the Hittites : $b An account of recent explorations and discoveries in Asia Minor, with descriptions of the Hittite monuments
Garstang, John
Hittites; Turkey -- Antiquities
The other Hittite monuments of the west on the pass of Kara-Bel are
comparatively near at hand. A stream which feeds the Hermus, flowing
around the foot of Mount Sipylus on the east, comes down from the
valley which separates that mountain on the south from the opposite
slopes of Olympus. The bed of another small tributary leads up these
southern slopes to a narrow wooded glen upon the ridge, in which are
the sources of the Kara Su. Through this glen there passes a track, now
not much used, connecting Ephesus to the south with Sardis or Smyrna
by the northern valley. About seventy feet above this track, in the
perpendicular face of the cliff, a niche of rock encloses a sculpture
in relief. The niche is about six feet wide at the base and nine feet
high, being considerably narrower at the top.[399] The figure within is
that of a warrior, similar to those of Giaour-Kalesi, and resembling the
god-figures at Boghaz-Keui. He stands facing to his left, his left leg
and arm advanced, and his shoulders squared to the observer. He wears a
short tunic and short-sleeved vest and high boots, which in some early
drawings are shown as turning up at the toes.[400] The conical Hittite
hat completes his costume. A triangular-shaped bow is carried over his
right shoulder, and his extended left hand seems to grasp a long staff
or spear.[401] The sculpture, being on the east side of the ravine, is
turned towards Ephesus. There is another similar sculpture on a detached
block of stone some two hundred and fifty yards farther up the pass. This
stone seems to have fallen from the rocks above, and it now lies on the
west side near the stream, about twelve yards below the level of the
path. As it lies the sculptured face is towards the east, and the figure
being turned as in the former case, towards the left, looks to the north.
It is probable, however, from the similarity of the two subjects, that
they originally looked in the same direction.
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