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Solar Disc, Alacahoyuk, Corum Province, Turkey

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DGA504085
Image title
Solar Disc, Alacahoyuk, Corum Province, Turkey
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Artist
Hittite, (20th century BC)
Photographer
M. Seemuller
Location
Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey
Medium
bronze
Date
2000 BC (C20th BC)
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Alacahöyük or Alaca Höyük is the site of a Neolithic and Hittite settlement in Alaca, Corum Province, Turkey. Three tet under three birds; used in religious ceremonies; the circle represent the earth or the sun; the protrusions at the top represent fertility and the procreation of nature; the birds symbolise freedom in nature. Royal tombs; Artwork-location: Ankara, Anadolu Medeniyetler Muzesi (Archaeological Museum)

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© NPL - DeA Picture Library / M. Seemuller / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
decoration / bronze age / early bronze age / ornate / asia / prehistory and protohistory / art / copper age / antiquity / iron / near hattusas / pattern / catal huyuk / studio shot / art and craft / millenniums / hattite / no people / sun / disk / third millennium bc / anatolian civilizations / history / turchia asiatica / horizontal / hittite / ankara anadolu medeniyetler muzesi (archaeological museum) / anatolian civilization
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