Kings`s Gate | Henzendorf (Germany)

Description

This stele depicts a Hittite warrior, based on a orthostat in Kings`s gate of the Hittite capital <a href="https://www.dainst.org/en/projekt/-/project-display/48178">Hattuša (Boğazköy)</a> a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey. This copy / interpretation was made by a collaboration of polish and german artists (Ulrich Thiel, Kazimierz Krewniak and Adam Sobiraj). </br></br> <img src="http://felixwolter.de/assets/images/henzendorf/statue_07_comparision.png"></br> <i>Photo of the original orthostat| Bittel 1976: P. 231</i></br> </br> <b>Further reading:</b> </br> - <a href="http://hittitemonuments.com/bogazkoy/">hittitemonuments.com | Hattuša</a></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 owner and the Naturpark Schlaubetal, Germany. </br></br><a href="http://www.felixwolter.de/Henzendorf.html">HITTITES IN HENZENDORF | WEBSITE</a>