Identification Number: 03TR11U08stn31 and 04TR16U04stn01

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

Classification: Stone / Sculpture

Finding Type: Relief Sculpture

Item: Small-scale relief sculpture fragment

Material: Sandstone

Images

Photograph 05dpnk0113 by Murat Akar.Drawing by Carrie Van Horn.

Description

Two joining fragments showing part of a vegetal element. The fragment of tendril (03TR11U08stn31) was found 29 July 2003 in the burnt debris above the pavement in Trench 11 (unit 8). The fragment carrying the node relief (04TR16U04stn01) was found 19 July 2004 in fill in Trench 16 (unit 4). The piece has popped off the surface of the block along the edges of the tendrils and was broken through the relief in places. The surface of the node where the tendrils meet the stem is broken.

Dimensions

Length: 10 cm maximum. Width of tendril: 1.8–2.3 cm. Width of node: 4.5 cm.

Context

Palatial Complex, Monumental Entrance. In burned debris above the pavement.

Publication

Draycott, Sculpture and Inscriptions, Chicago: OIP 2008.