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ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:50 AM Sayfa The statute of Tarhunza. Located in Karatepe, the statue belongs to the Storm God of the Hittites Tarhunza. The epitaph on it written in Phoenician and Luvian language, describes King Asativatas’ deeds.
ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:50 AM Sayfa Karatepe In the summer of 1945, a team from ‹stanbul University led by Prof. Bossert began an expedition on the Hittite roads originating from Kayseri and leading to Çukurova after surpassing the Tauruses. During this discovery expedition, they found the existence of Aslantafl in the east of Kadirli. In February 1946, they ventured on to find possible remnants, led by Bossert with the participation of his assistant Halet Çambel and the manager of Adana Museum Naci Kum. Under the guidance of a teacher named Emin Kuçcu, the team reached the region through quite a challenging journey. While they were examining the sculpture called Aslantafl, which actually is of a bull, they realized there were also various epitaphs in the surroundings. After the Hittite Empire had been demolished around 1200 BC, the customs and traditions of this empire continued to exist in the city states known as the Late Hittite States. This place which was discovered was not very far from Late Hittite city states such as Zincirli and Karkam›fl found in Gaziantep. This place was also very likely to have been a Late Hittite city state. In 1946 the excavations started with these considerations in mind and were completed by 1951. However, Halet Çambel resumed the excavations and restoration activities in 1952. This excavation site, which they named Karatepe, was given the name Karatepe-Aslantafl to differentiate it from other sites having the name of Karatepe in the future. The antique city which today has been turned into an open air museum is situated 20 km. from Kadirli, and to the west of Seyhan River. In order to protect about 100 artefacts, uncovered in the antique city, from natural conditions, they were covered with fringes and were exhibited this way as an open air museum. With the declaration of this 7715 hectare area as a National Park, the security of the relics has been insured. Today, the waters of the Aslantafl Dam, lightly touch the foot of the castle. In Domuztepe too, which is across the river and which is understood to have been an old settlement from the excavations conducted, the waters reach the edge of the antique city. 77
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