Kubaba Stele | Henzendorf (Germany)

Description

A stele depicting the seated Hittite Goddess Kubaba. The original model (Neo-Hittite, circa 1,180 BC - 700 BC) was found at Carchemish (Turkey). This copy / interpretation was made by Ulrich Thiel, Kazimierz Krewniak and Adam Sobiraj. <img src="http://felixwolter.de/assets/images/henzendorf/statue_02_comparision.png"></br> <i>Photo of original stele at the Ankara Museum | Bittel 1976: P. 255 </i></br> </br> <b>Further reading:</b> </br> - <a href="https://www.hittitemonuments.com/karkamis/kargamis30.htm">Kubaba | hittitemonuments.com</a></br> - A. Muhibbe Darga. Hitit Sanatı. İstanbul: Akbank, 1992: Fig. 250; P. 242</br> - K. Bittel, Die Hethiter. (...), München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 1976</br> <b>Original at</b> </br> Anatolian Civilizations Museum (Ankara)</br> </br> Model by Felix Wolter, with permission of the landcare association, land owners and the Naturpark Schlaubetal, Germany. </br></br><a href="http://www.felixwolter.de/Henzendorf.html">HITTITES IN HENZENDORF | WEBSITE</a>