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Sun and Moon Gods

The limestone orthostat, the so-called "Great Lion Slab," was located to the right of the Great Staircase. It is dated to 950-850 BCE. The Sun and Moon gods, who are identified by hieroglyphic labels next to them, are shown standing on a lion. It is on display at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.


B. Bilgin, 2022 J. D. Hawkins, 2000


Literature:
Gilibert, A. Syro-Hittite monumental art and the archaeology of performance, Berlin, 2011: 34–35, 168. (Carchemish 28)
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 196–97 and plt. 77. (KARKAMIŠ B33)
Orthmann, W. Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971. (Karkemis Bb/1)


Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2022.
J. David Hawkins, 2000.