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 god is clad in the short tunic, short-sleeved vest, pointed cap,
and shoes with turned-up toes, characteristic of the godlike figures on
all Hittite sculptures. But here the sculptor has elaborated his theme,
and has worked into it ideas or conceptions which we may reasonably
suspect were derived ultimately from the East through the intermediary
of Cilicia.[456] The figure is squat and stolid, and the face almost
Semitic. The nose, while straight and prominent, is treated with unusual
fulness. The hair is arranged in ringlets, so too the beard, except
upon the face where it is represented by curls.[457] The left hand is
advanced, holding up the ears of corn; while the right one is by the
body, grasping the vine-branch with pendent clusters. The drawing of
the body obeys the ordinary convention; the left leg is advanced, the
head is seen in profile to the left, while the shoulders are squared to
the observer. There are bracelets on the wrists, and the suggestion of
something undetermined upon the right forearm. The belt is decorated
as if of worked leather, and ends in a curl before the body, possibly
suggesting an attachment on the further side. The boots are high, with a
front flap bound to the ankle by a lace wrapped around, like the boots
of the peasantry of the district and of Cilicia in modern times. Perhaps
the most peculiar and Oriental detail is to be found in the horns which
decorate the helmet, of which four pairs are visible. In front of the
right foot is the suggestion of a bolted implement, possibly a plough.
[Illustration: PLATE LVII
IVRÎZ: GIANT SCULPTURES ON THE ROCK
The subject is the King-Priest in adoration of the Hittite god of
cultivation.
From a plaster cast in the Berlin Museum.]
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