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
Turning now to the left-hand wall, the fourth figure resembles again the
leader of the procession, though on the smaller scale, being only three
feet in height. The fifth is altogether different in character. The
shoes, pigtail, and earrings are repeated; the hat also is the common
one without the rings; but the long shirt or cloak has curious oblique
curving folds, and it trains somewhat behind the right leg. The left toe
alone is visible, and the front edge of the robe is seen as far forward
as the elbow, obviously descending from the shoulder. Most conspicuous
of all are a pair of narrow wings rising from behind the shoulders well
above the top of the head.[505] The objects held by the hands cannot now
be recognised.
Then follow two female figures, clad in long pleated skirts like the
figures in the opposite procession. A belt encircles the waist of each,
but it is not clear whether the upper part of the body is bare or clad
in a tight-fitting garment; the breasts in any case are visible. The
head-dress is not plain; if a cap is worn it must fit closely, while the
hair or wig ends in large distinct curls above the shoulder. The left
hands are not visible, but the right hands fall by the side, holding
by their handles in a reversed position a curved object not very clear,
but which in the rear figure forms a complete disk, suggestive of the
Egyptian mirror.[506] The eighth figure, like the fifth, is winged; and
horns, or a crescent, are conspicuous in the hat, but other details are
obscure. The ninth is clearer and of great interest. The robe, however,
is like a toga, with a tight sleeve to the right arm, and the loose end
flung over the left shoulder, as on certain figures at Eyuk. A dirk is
by the side as before, but in the right hand there appears a new object
in the long curving lituus held reversed. Above the outstretched left
hand is a group of three signs, which may be recognised as a crescent,
a feather or star-like object, and above them the divided oval which
accompanies all such devices.[507] The face is beardless, and the cap
is close-fitting to the skull. Above the head is a composite emblem, in
which the main elements are a rosette surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped
device recalling the shape of the wig on the Eyuk Sphinx,[508] and
reminiscent of the so-called Hathor head-dress of the Egyptian monuments.
The whole is supported by large outspread wings, bound at intervals,
and turning slightly upwards at the ends. This figure closely resembles
the larger one opposite to it, the isolated twenty-second figure on the
right,[509] which is described below.
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