The base was found at the entrance to the royal palace number III at Sam’al. It is a column base with double sphinxes
Location:
- Türkiye, Zincirli
- geo:37.103611,36.678612
- Location ± 25-100 m.
Period or year:
- -7xx / unknown
Class:
- Relief, votiv stone or altar
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=26448
Annotations
Nearby
Victory stele of Esarhaddon
Stele was discovered in 1888 in Zincirli Höyük (Sam'al, or Yadiya) by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey.
Kilamuwa Stela
Kilamuwa Stele foundat the entrance to Kilamuwa's palace
Citadel
Citadel

![Sam`al, Hittite column base Front view of Late Hittite column base from Sam`al[modern Zincirli village near Islahiye, Gaziantep Province], Nowadays in Museum of Oriental Antiquities, Istanbul.](http://images.vici.org/cover/w268xh268/uploads/samaal_sfinxes_base.jpg)







![Sculpture from Sam`al [Zincirlli] - IX century BC.](https://images.vici.org/crop/w175xh175/uploads/samaal_zincirli_ix.jpg)

![Sculpture from Sam`al [Zincirlli] - IX century BC.](https://images.vici.org/crop/w175xh175/uploads/sam_al_zincirli_ix.jpg)





















