Identification Number: 03TR11U08stn23

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 05dpnk0304 by Murat Akar.Drawing by Burhan Süer.

Description

Three joining relief fragments forming the left profile of a griffin’s head (beak, eye, hair, and mane).

Dimensions

Height: 16.0 cm. Width: 9.0 cm. Height of head and neck only: 9.5 cm. Length of innermost part of the eye: 1.4 cm.

Context

Palatial Complex, Monumental Entrance. The fragment with the beak was found just below the wall of the North Platform in a unit of wall stones and core running east-west (unit 6). The fragment with the eye was found close to the south section, just above the pavement (unit 8). The fragment with the man was also found in unit 8, among rubble.

Publication

Draycott, Sculpture and Inscriptions, Chicago: OIP 2008.