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Surroundings:

Severian Bridge over the Karasu River.Hisar Memorial TombElif Memorial TombHasanoğlu Monument Tomb

Location:

  • Türkiye, Gümüşpınar
  • geo:37.430832,37.90847
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -900~ / unknown

Class:

  • Relief, votiv stone or altar
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=26536

Annotations

The Neo-Hittite 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. It depicts a warrior standing on a deer. It likely represents a Hittite protective deity. He has a bow over the left shoulder and a spear in the extended right hand. 

Sources:

  1. Charles A. Burney, G. R. Lawson: "Urartian reliefs at Adilcevaz, on Lake Van, and a rock relief from the Karasu, near Birecik." Anatolian Studies 8, 1958, pp. 211–218
  2. https://www.hittitemonuments.com/karasu/index.htm

Nearby

Karasu

Karasu Neo Hittite settlement.

Karasu Bridge (1 km)

Roman bridge. Severian bridge.

Hisar Memorial Tomb (5 km)

Roman Mausoleum


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