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Maraş Lion
The Maraş lion is a Late Hittite sculpture of a lion with a hieroglyphic inscription. It was discovered on the citadel of Kahramanmaraş (formerly Maraş) in 1883 and is displayed in the Kahramanmaraş Archaeological Museum. John David Hawkins assigned it the name ''Maraş 1'', while Winfried Orthmann used ''Maraş B/1''. Massive sculptures of lions are a recurrent feature of Hittite art, especially in the Neo-Hittite period. Discovery The lion statue was discovered in 1883 by Carl Humann and Otto Puchstein on their Anatolian travels in the castle of ''Marʿasch'' (modern Kahramanmaraş). A second, uninscribed lion which was slightly larger was left ''in situ'' by one of the fortress gates, while the inscribed lion was taken to the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul. A plaster cast was produced for the Berlin Museums. After many years, the lion was transferred to the Kahramanmaraş Archaeological Museum on 30 August 2013, at the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahramanmaras Museum Löwe
Marash (Armenian: Մարաշ), officially Kahramanmaraş () and historically Germanicea (Greek: Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province. Before 1973, Kahramanmaraş was officially named Maraş, and later, it attained the prefix "kahraman" (meaning "hero" in Turkish) to commemorate Battle of Marash. The city lies on a plain at the foot of the Ahir Dağı (Ahir Mountain).The region is best known for its distinctive ice cream, and its production of salep, a powder made from dried orchid tubers. Kahramanmaraş Airport has flights to İstanbul and Ankara. History Early history In the early Iron Age (late 11th century BC to ca. 711 BC), Maraş was the capital city of the Syro-Hittite state Gurgum (Hieroglyphic Luwian Kurkuma). It was known as "the Kurkumaean city" to its Luwian inhabitants and as Marqas to the Assyrians. In 711 BC, the land of Gurgum was annexed as an Assyrian province and ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
