Английская Википедия:Hittite rock reliefs

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The İvriz relief (8th century BC), photographed 2001

Rock reliefs form a large part of the extant artistic remains of the Anatolian Hittite Empire (Шаблон:Circa 14th century BC). The reliefs that survive are often located near roads, and in mountainous terrain (over 1000 meters elevation) overlooking plains. They are often near sites with sacred significance both before and after the Hittite period, such as sacred springs, "linking the [Hittite] state's official discourse with the divine beings of [those] places" (Harmanşah 2014).

At Yazılıkaya, just outside the capital of Hattusa, a series of reliefs of Hittite gods in procession decorate open-air "chambers" made by adding barriers among the natural rock formations. The site was apparently a sanctuary, and possibly a burial site, for the commemoration of the ruling dynasty's ancestors.

Ancient references

Herodotus, in the Histories (written Шаблон:Circa 430 BC), describes the Karabel relief, which he attributes to the legendary Egyptian pharaoh Sesostris:

Gallery

• The Manisa relief (14th? century BC), photographed c. 1900

  The Manisa relief (14th? century BC), photographed c. 1900

• The Manisa relief, photographed 2010

  The Manisa relief, photographed 2010

• The Karabel relief (13th century BC), as drawn by Charles Texier, c. 1840

  The Karabel relief (13th century BC), as drawn by Charles Texier, c. 1840

• The Karabel relief, photographed 1991

  The Karabel relief, photographed 1991

• The Hanyeri relief (13th century BC), photographed 1995

  The Hanyeri relief (13th century BC), photographed 1995

• The İmamkullu relief (13th century BC), photographed 2012

  The İmamkullu relief (13th century BC), photographed 2012

• The Fıraktın relief (13th century BC), photographed 2013

  The Fıraktın relief (13th century BC), photographed 2013

• The Hemite relief (13th? century BC), photographed 2011

  The Hemite relief (13th? century BC), photographed 2011

• The Gökbez relief (8th–7th century BC), photographed 2013

  The Gökbez relief (8th–7th century BC), photographed 2013

• Nergal, depicted at Yazılıkaya, photographed 2002

  Nergal, depicted at Yazılıkaya, photographed 2002

• The twelve gods of the underworld, depicted at Yazılıkaya

  The twelve gods of the underworld, depicted at Yazılıkaya