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Karasu relief

Araban district, Turkey · built -1050

The Karasu relief, also known as the Süpürgüç relief after the earlier name of the nearby town of Akbudak, is a rock relief located on a tributary of the Euphrates and derives from the Neo-Hittite period. It depicts a protective god standing on a deer. Rock reliefs are a prominent aspect of Hittite art.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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