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Uzunoglantepe Rölyefi |
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Single Findspot |
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Mediterranean |
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Adana |
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Kozan |
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Village:
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Ferhatli |
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Survey |
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| The relief found during the survey conducted in Cilicia in 1973 is situated 20 km northeast of Kozan above Uzunoglantepe, 20 km north of the Ferhatli Village in Adana. With an altitude of 200 m, Uzunoglantepe commands the entire Çukurova plain until the sea. The relief which is inside a niche that measures 137x60 cm in dimensions, and 4 cm in depth is located on a granite rock on the hilltop. The relief was so eroded that it is hard to identify the silhouette belonging to an Assyrian King. The right hand of the king is in the air as usual, and it was carved pointing out to the sacred symbols. With the left hand and center of the torso being damaged, the figure was divided into two by a crack on the rock. The lack of sufficient data on the relief makes it even harder to perform a stylistic analysis. However, considering the historical probabilities, Cilicia was subject to campaigns by four different Assyrian Kings; Salmanasar III (839, 836?, 833, 832 BC), Sargon II (718, 713, 706 BC), Sanherib (698 BC), Esarhaddon (677/76 BC). Furthermore, Tiglat Pileser III and Salmanasar V could probably have been to the Cilicia region as well. Cilicia seems to have been an Assyrian province between 732-718 BC, during the reign of either one of these two kings or both of them, but no supportive evidence is avaiable. The Relief should have belonged to one of the kings mentioned above, most probably to Salmanasar III or Sargon II. Absence of any inscription makes it hard to find out to which king it belongs to, and thus the suggestions are made in parallel with the stylistic criteria. |
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