İmamkulu relief localy known as Şimşekkaya- lightning rock, is a 2 meter monument carved on the flattened surface of a large rock, located near the village of İmamkulu, c. 100 km SE of Kayseri. The tripartite sciene porttrays a male figure with a bow and spear on the left side, identified by Luwian inscription Prince Kuwalanamuwa. In the middle is a figure of the Storm-God of Halab driving his bull-drawn eagle chariot over the shouldres of three bowing peronifications of mountains, themselves supported by lion-headed (?) human figures. The identificatin of the right side image is uncertain.
See:
- Joost Hazenbos. "Zum Imamkulu-Relief." in Piotr Taracha (Ed.): Silva Anatolica. Anatolian Studies Presented to Maciej Popko on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. Agade, Warschau 2002, , pp. 147–161.
- https://www.hittitemonuments.com/imamkulu/
- John David Hawkins,Hittite Monuments and Their Sanctity, in: Sacred Landscapes of Hittites and Luwians: Proceedings of the International Conference in Honour of Franca Pecchioli Daddi Florence, February 6th-8th 2014,p. 3
- https://libdigitalcollections.ku.edu.tr/digital/collection/GHC/id/7389/rec/27
