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
last instance; the curve and crossing of the legs is more clear; but the
third leg is shown in each case stopping short at the junction, possibly
because the artist thought the curve took it out of the plane of the
sculptures. The objects upon the table cannot be identified: the one
which seems to be proffered by the left hand of the standing figure is
round and set upright; the other is small and T-shaped.
Another monument not found _in situ_, and no longer at Sakje-Geuzi, was
removed to Berlin[214] some years ago from the walls of the Konak, or
chiefs house, in the village. It consists of three sculptured stones,
obviously part of a mural decoration, but forming in themselves a
complete group. The subject depicted is a royal lion hunt.[215] The
king or priest dynast is marked out by a winged disk near to his head;
he rides in a two-horsed chariot, which is driven by a companion. The
horses, like the men, are clad in mail; jaunty tassels hang from their
sides and shoulders. The car is small and seemingly open at the back;
a quiver for arrows is hung up on each side, as well as an implement
which seems like a javelin. The tires of the wheels are thick, and
there are eight spokes. The two figures standing within the chariot are
clad exactly alike, in long mail robes with short sleeves that do not
reach the elbow. Both are without other headgear than their copious
hair or wig, which is arranged in long parallel curls over the head;
their beards also are dressed in pendent curls in the Assyrian style.
The face of the warrior is partly hidden by that of him who drives, but
the visible characteristics are the same. The eye is rendered in full,
while the somewhat aquiline nose and prominent lips are in profile. The
similarity of these two figures is somewhat striking; possibly, on the
Egyptian analogy, it is the king’s son who drives. He holds the reins in
his two hands, a pair in each, while in his right he seems to grasp also
a short-stocked whip. The figure seen partly behind, which we take for
the monarch, is portrayed in the act of shooting. The short bow is drawn
to the back of the neck, and the middle part of the weapon, held by the
outstretched left hand, together with the long point of the arrow, is
seen protruding from before the face of the nearer figure. His quarry is
a noble lion which is seen immediately in front of the chariot horses.
A third figure in the background here intervenes, being partly hidden
by the forelegs of the horses and the hind parts of the lion. He is
clad only in a short tunic from the waist; the garment has apparently
a seam vertically down the front, and the fold, which is fringed or
bordered, falls transversely over the right thigh. His feet are shod in
sandals.[216] The face of this person is not well preserved, but his
hair is short and very curly. In his right hand an implement resembling
a double axe is poised aloft, while with his left he still grasps a
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