Posted on 07/30/2012 8:19:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The head and torso of the human figure, intact to just above its waist, stands approximately 1.5 meters in height, suggesting a total body length of 3.5 to four meters. The figure's face is bearded, with beautifully preserved inlaid eyes made of white and black stone, and its hair has been coiffed in an elaborate series of curls aligned in linear rows. Both arms are extended forward from the elbow, each with two arm bracelets decorated with lion heads. The figure's right hand holds a spear, and in its left is a shaft of wheat. A crescent-shaped pectoral adorns its chest. A lengthy Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription, carved in raised relief across its back, records the campaigns and accomplishments of Suppiluliuma, likely the same Patinean king who faced a Neo-Assyrian onslaught of Shalmaneser III as part of a Syrian-Hittite coalition in 858 BC.
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Whoops: Photo Credit: Jennifer JacksonI couldn't find a copy of the text here, and want to go to bed now, but it's pages 310 and 320.
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Second: The surprised look in its eyes points to it being a training aid for proctologists of that period.
Third: The orange belts around head and trunk point to this being a modern reproduction.
I love the way he accessorized with those orange ribbons.
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