Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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Karatepe Embossments. Depicted on top is King Asativatas eating.
reached through a monumental wooden gate. Behind this are two side
rooms, the walls of which are again covered by sculptures and
orthostates. At both gates are pedestals, sculptures and orthostates
furnished with Phoenician and Luvian hieroglyphic script.
These gates lead to the palace which is on the hill near the southern
gate. The palace is a monumental structure having an inner courtyard.
Just to the south of this structure, in parallel with the rampart wall,
another structure consisting of a series of three rooms exists.
Furthermore, there are also structures around the southern gate
which function as a depot. The collapsed sculpture of the god of storm,
on the pedestal with two bulls, in the area before the southern gate,
was restored and erected again.
Basalt embossments, which amount to about 100, have a local
character in terms of style. Depicted on the embossments are subjects
such as feasts, instrumentalists, sacrifices, hunting scenes, warriors,
carriers of votive offerings and musicians. The fact that these
embossments were made by two different groups becomes apparent