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
FORTRESSES.—Boghaz-Keui (Sary Kaleh, Yenije Kaleh), Giaour Kalesi,
Karaburna, Kizil Dagh.
ROCK CARVINGS.—_Sculptures with Inscriptions_—Boghaz-Keui (Iasily Kaya),
Fraktin, Ivrîz, Kara-Bel (Mount Tmolus), Kizil Dagh, Mount Sipylus,
Tashji. _Sculpture only_—Giaour-Kalesi.[148] _Inscriptions only_—Asarjik,
Boghaz-Keui (Nishan Tash), Bulghar-Madên, Gurun, Kara Dagh (Mahalich).
STONES IN SITU.—_Inscribed Sculpture_—Kuru-Bel. _Inscription only_—Bogche.
MOVEABLE STONES.—_Sculptures in the round_—Boghaz-Keui,[149]
Derendeh[150] (and at Arslan Tash),[150] Eyuk,[150] Eski-Yapân,[150]
Kurts-oghlu,[151] Kuru-Bel,[152] Marash,[151] Yamoola.[149] _Reliefs;
mural_—Aintab, Boghaz-Keui, Doghanlu, Malatia, Marash. [Angora
(Kalaba, Yalanjak, Amaksiz Keui).] _Reliefs representing a Ceremonial
Feast_—Kara-burshlu, Malatia, Marash, Sakje-Geuzi, Sinjerli,[153] Yarre.
_Inscriptions accompanying human figure_—Andaval, Bor, Jerablus[154]
(Carchemish), Kellekli, Marash,[153] Samsat, Tell-Ahmar. _Inscriptions
only_—Aleppo, Alexandretta,[155] Albistan (Kirchuk Yapalak), Bey-Keui,
Ekrek,[154] Emir-Ghazi,[151] Hamath, Ilgîn (Kolitoghlu Yaila),
Izgîn,[156] Jerablus, Karaburna, Nigdeh,[151] Restan, Suasa.
EXCEPTIONAL DISTRICTS.—Babylon, Erzerum (Kaza Passinler),[157]
Kedabeg,[154] Toprah Kaleh.
PROBLEMATICAL MONUMENTS.—Eflatoun-Bunar, Fassiler, Gerger.
The first thing that strikes us in considering this list is that these
monuments are all of stone. We might possibly be able to include, with
suitable caution, some number of small objects of bronze or pottery,
mostly in animal form, and also a number of peculiar ceramic types,
including painted vases and neolithic pottery decorated in a primitive
manner by incisions. But, except in the latter instances,[158] these
do not advance the main subject of our inquiry; for while their
identification with the Hittites is chiefly a matter of general
inference, their _provenance_ is nearly always doubtful. The same thing
might be said unhappily of the definitely Hittite seals and kindred
objects, of which several excellent specimens are on record,[159] whether
made of silver,[160] stone,[161] or ivory.[162] While all of these
are worthy of closest study from the point of view of Hittite art and
_motif_, yet nearly all have been found in the hands of peasants who were
loath to tell the exact site of their discovery, or of town-dealers who
did not know.
[Illustration: PLATE XXXIV
EPHESUS: MEDIEVAL FORTRESS WITH SELJÛK REMAINS AT AYASOLÛK
KONIA: ZAZADÎN HAN, OF SELJÛK WORK AND STYLE (_See p. 73._)]
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