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 next block (_h_) shows six figures.[628] These sculptures are in a
poor state, but some details may be gleaned. The men are in procession or
in line, all turned towards the right, facing, that is, the sphinx and
the entrance to the palace. They seem to be clad in short tunics, and
they wear tip-tilted shoes. Their head-dress is possibly helmet-like,
as worn by the mason on the ladder described above. The knot of their
girdle-rope is seen in some cases. The left hands seem all to be held up
in symmetry, with their right hands near the middle of the waist, and
their right elbows bent.
The counterpart to this group on the opposite side (_k_) is of special
interest, but was not published by M. Perrot. As pointed out by Professor
Ramsay,[629] who first rolled this block over and so found the sculpture,
there is on the right hand of the picture the clear outline of a seated
goddess, resembling in most respects the goddess adored in the front
group (_l_), which we have described and identified with Kybele. In
this case the stone is broken, and only the knees and hands are seen,
with part of the stool, but the analogy is sufficient. Any object that
may have been held in her hand is no longer visible, and a row of points
has been drilled at some time across the stone as though to sever that
end from the block. The next feature of interest is the reappearance of
the chief priest and priestess, whom we suppose to have been the local
king and queen, and whose figures we have seen previously, on the left
front (_b_), conducting the rites at the shrine of the Bull. Only in
this case an oblation scene is represented, such as we have noticed at
Malatia and at Fraktin.[630] In the restored scene the priest pours out
the liquid offering with his left hand into a vase held by the goddess;
while the priestess poises some large object like a pomegranate aloft.
Unfortunately in this case again the head-dress of the queen cannot be
made out. She is followed by two weathered figures, who resemble the
attendants in the previous instance, wearing the same toga-like garment
with prominent front edge.
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