Identification Number: 03TR11U08stn22 and 03TR11U08stn33

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K03.168 and Yozgat Museum Registration Number 1579

Classification: Stone / Sculpture

Finding Type: Relief Sculpture

Item: Small-scale relief sculpture fragment

Material: Sandstone

Images

Photograph 05dpnk0302 by Murat Akar.Drawing by Burhan Suer.

Description

Five fragments join to form a fragmented winged rosette disk. Preserved are the rosette disk, parts of two wings extending to the sides, traces of tail feathers under the disk, and a chunk of the background panel surface above the disk. Height: 12.0 cm. Width: 13.7 cm. Diameter of disk: 8.0 cm. Width of wing at point of attachment to rosette: 5.4 cm. Estimated width of tail: 4.2 cm. Individual fragments found on the 23, 26, 27, and 31 of July 2003 in the burned debris above the pavement in Trench 11 (unit 8). Most of the rosette is preserved, but only stumps of the wings and tail. The surface of the fragment is well preserved aside from damage along break lines.

Dimensions

Length: 116 mm. Width: 113 mm. Thickness: 2 mm.\nLength: 20 mm. Width: 16 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.

Context

Palatial Complex, Monumental Entrance. In burned debris above the pavement in Trench 11 (unit 8).

Publication

Draycott, Sculpture and Inscriptions, Chicago: OIP 2008.