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ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:50 AM Sayfa 60 On the slope between Büyükkale and the Great Temple were the slope houses. A slope house has been reconstructed here. Between the King’s Gate and Büyükkale, the Hittites built two pools known as the Eastern Pool for the water demand of the Upper City. Rooms number 1 and 2 have been uncovered in the west of the pool. Assumedly, the room number 2 had a cultic function. Inside the room, an embossment of Shuppiluliuma II (1200-1190 BC), the last king of the Hittites, solar god depictions and hieroglyph scripts on the walls have been found. The Great Temple, which was the largest religious structure in the city, is located in the north of the Lower City. This temple – temple number 1 – was used around the 14th-13th centuries BC. This place was made up of a cultic structure in the middle, magazines on four sides, and a building complex of multiple rooms in the south west. All of them were set on a large terrace made from debris stones. The actual temple was also located on this temple. The temple has four gates; one main, three ancillary. Ancillary gates were used by people linked with the temple, while the south eastern gate of entry was used only by the king and the queen. On festivals and cultic ceremonies, the king and the queen, who also had monk and nun characteristics, would enter through the main gate together with their company. There were magazines surrounding the actual temple. These were warehouse buildings built to meet all of the demands of the temple. There were also bureau sections to determine the goods going in to and out of the temple. Furthermore, thousands of cuneiform tablets were found during the excavations in 1907, which shows that there were also archive buildings. The foundations of these multi-storey magazine buildings were made from debris stone, its bases from cut stone and upper floors from adobe. Two rows of jars, which are in situ today, reveal that liquid substances were stored here. These are 900-3000 liter jars, with stamps or marks on their shoulders. The markings on them are assumed to have showed the substance inside the jar. Nothing has been obtained related to these storage areas today. These rich temple warehouses are thought to have been plundered when the Hittites fell around 1190 BC. The temple at the center of the magazines measures 64.5 m. long, 42.5 m. wide and was made from large calcareous blocks. It expands on an area of 14.500 m2 , together with all the warehouses surrounding it. The calcareous block at its southern edge, measuring 36 tons and 5.75 m. long,
ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:50 AM Sayfa The embossment of King Shuppiluliuma II, located in Bo¤azköy in the Room 2, on the side wall to the left, portrays the kings a warrior with his sword, bow and spear.
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