2,800-year-old ivory ornament unearthed in Hattusa archeological site in Türkiye

Anadolu Agency ^ | November 14, 2023 | Kemal Ceylan with writing by Zehra Nur Duz

[SunkenCiv]

A 2,800-year-old ivory ornament has been discovered by archaeologists in northern Türkiye at the excavation site of Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites, one of the most ancient Anatolian civilizations...

In the 117th year of the excavations, a piece of art that can provide insight into Iron Age art was unearthed on the northwest-facing slope of the Great Fortress area of the ancient city.

The piece, nearly 30 centimeters (1 foot) in length and 10 cm in width, features a sphinx, a lion, and two trees of life etched on an ivory surface.

Speaking to Anadolu, excavation chief Schachner said the artifact was found in the Iron Age layer of the Hattusa dig site, which contains traces of many civilizations.

"Most likely, in its own period, it was added as a decoration to a wooden box or a piece of furniture made of wood. The work is broken on its right and left sides, but the upper and lower sides are intact. So, it can be inferred that it was actually longer," Schachner said.

"This work is a unique piece for Bogazkoy. For the first time, we are facing a work adorned with such an intense and beautifully crafted scene. Extensive excavations have been carried out in Bogazkoy for the Iron Age, but a work with such detail has not been encountered before," he said.

The artifact shines a light on artistic relationships in Bogazkoy in this era, extending towards southeastern Anatolia, as well in the southwestern direction, and Greece, according to Schachner.

[SunkenCiv]

Artifact depicts sphinx, lion, trees of life on ivory surface, says head of the excavation site

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[SunkenCiv]

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[bwest]

“… in Türkiye”
Also known as Turkey—wonder why they don’t like that.

[Candor7]

They are at it again, digging up your old ivory from past lives.

[nwrep]

Erdogan wants to rename it to its Islamic pronunciation.

[TigersEye]

Beautiful artwork!

[SunkenCiv]

Probably has to do with the way it’s actually pronounced there. The Chinese changed Peking to Beijing, Ceylon changed to Sri Lanka, and Burma is now known as Myanmar.

Egypt’s Semitic name is Misr and ancient versions of that include Musri and in the OT Mizraim, while the ancient native name was Kemet.

[SunkenCiv]

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• Missing Parts of Sphinx Found in German Cave [04/30/2011]
• 3,000-Year-Old Ivory Carving Depicts Whaling Scene [04/02/2008]
• Trade in mammoth ivory, helped by global thaw, flourishes in Russia [03/26/2008]
• Ivory Emperor Emerges From Forum (Marcus Aurelius Or Septimius Severus) [11/20/2005]
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[SunkenCiv]

Ivory Carvings
https://www.varchive.org/schorr/ivory.htm

#132
https://www.varchive.org/ce/theses.htm

[SunkenCiv]

Very.

[SunkenCiv]

Mike Heron - Beginner’s Guide to Past Lives (1979)
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from s/t (1979, Casablanca)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRnCOMtZAGM

[AdmSmith]

I hope that someone will find more cuneiform tablets in addition to the 25,000+ found in Hattusa.
https://vici.org/vici/24102/

[SunkenCiv]

I think the first caches of them were found in sites like Mari in Mesopotamia. The Library of Assyrian King Ashurbanipal was huge, and is a large part of the collection at the British Museum.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/ancient-near-east1/the-ancient-near-east-an-introduction/a/cuneiform

There’s also better access to such collections, which is good, because not surprisingly a number of cuneiform inscriptions are fragments and haven’t been seen by living scholars in the subject, a number that has never been vast, and as we all complain, the educational system in the US is in a long slow downward spiral.

The Cuneiform Digital Library is a research project at the Penn Museum

https://www.penn.museum/research/project.php?pid=16

SunkenCiv in cuneiform:

https://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.php?fullname=sunkenciv&name=sc&inscribe=inscribe

[Candor7]

Heron is a “new age” flake.

If you seriously really want to learn about reincarnation read this:

Tibetan Book of the Dead ( Free PDF)

https://oceanofpdf.com/authors/padmasambhava/pdf-epub-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-download-43755822904/?id=002100758091

[Fred Nerks]

https://www.britannica.com/place/Bogazkoy

enough history to make your head ache.

[gleeaikin]

Maybe Erdogan discovered what we love to eat for Thanksgiving.

[AdmSmith]

“Your name in cuneiform” Very nice, I will put it on my door.

https://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.php