Representations from the Mound of Kültepe

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Volume:39 Issue:154
Representations from the Mound of Kültepe

Representations from the Mound of Kültepe

Authors : Önder BİLGİ

Pages : 209-216

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Publication Date : 1975-04-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The 16 anthropomorphic figures, so-called idols, were found at the mound of Kültepe insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Kaniş); in the seasons of 1959 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pis. I, II and III, 16); and 1970 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pl. III, 15); and before the systematic excavations started insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pl. III, 14);. Except those 3 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pl. III); which are unstratified finds, all are funerary gifts of one of the two angular cist graves unearthed in squares of P/37 and P/37-38 2. All of the figures but one which is of white marble are made of white alabaster and ground. The sizes vary from 3 cm. to 16.5 cm. Some of the figures from the grave show weathering insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pl. I Fig. 2); or damage for the body insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pl. I, Pl. II, 7 and Pl. II, ii); and some others have the head and neck missing insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pl. I Figs. 4-5, Pl. II, 8, 12-13);, thus suggesting that they had been in use before being placed into the grave.
Keywords : Kültepe, Kaniş, Anthropomorphic Figures, Idols, Marble Figures, Alabaster, Bronze Age

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