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Archeologists unearth extraordinary human sculpture in Turkey [ Suppiluliuma ]
Eurekalert ^ | Monday, July 30, 2012 | Kim Luke, U of Toronto

Posted on 07/30/2012 8:19:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv


The head and torso of the human figure, intact to just above its waist, stands approximately 1.5 meters in height, suggesting a total body length of 3.5 to four meters. The figure's face is bearded, with beautifully preserved inlaid eyes made of white and black stone, and its hair has been coiffed in an elaborate series of curls aligned in linear rows. Both arms are extended forward from the elbow, each with two arm bracelets decorated with lion heads. The figure's right hand holds a spear, and in its left is a shaft of wheat. A crescent-shaped pectoral adorns its chest. A lengthy Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription, carved in raised relief across its back, records the campaigns and accomplishments of Suppiluliuma, likely the same Patinean king who faced a Neo-Assyrian onslaught of Shalmaneser III as part of a Syrian-Hittite coalition in 858 BC.
Archeologists unearth extraordinary human sculpture in Turkey Archeologists unearth extraordinary human sculpture in Turkey


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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: anatolia; catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs; luwian; luwians; sapalulme; suppiluliuma; trojanwar
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