Identification Number: Piece B, 11TR23U22stn01

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K11.250

Classification: Stone / Sculpture

Finding Type: Sculpture in the Round

Item: Fragments from a life-sized statue

Material: Limestone, very soft

Images

Photograph 12dpnd0770 by Geoffrey D. Summers. Drawing by Ben Claasz Coockson.

Description

Corner with loops of hanging braids. Two joining fragments. Two surfaces with vertical looped ribs in a herringbone design. The larger surface has five such ribs, including the shared corner, and indications of a sixth, while the small side has four preserved. There are indications of three ends of the loops.

Dimensions

Three surfaces have preserved carving; the larger has maximum dimensions of 120 by 64 mm, the smaller 120 by 55 mm.

Context

Cappadocia Gate, collapse, rubble, and fill in East Chamber.

Publication

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