The Kara?ay/Pazarc?k Stele of Storm God

Çifçi A.

ANADOLU ARASTIRMALARI-ANATOLIAN RESEARCH, sa.23, ss.123-134, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.26650/anar.2020.23.814553
  • Dergi Adı: ANADOLU ARASTIRMALARI-ANATOLIAN RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.123-134
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Strom-God, Neo-Hittite, Gurgum, Mara?
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The depiction of storm god on rock reliefs, orthostats and stelae was a very common feature of the Neo-Hittite city states. Similar stelae dating back to the Gurgum kingdom period within the boundaries of Kahramanmaras province are exhibited today in both regional and local museums. In these stelae, the storm god is usually depicted as facing right, bearded, wearing a helmet, and holding an axe in his right hand with a trident thunderbolt in his left hand under a winged disc. In this study, the Karacay stele exhibited in the Kahramanmaras Museum was evaluated. In this context, a new dating is proposed by comparing the style and iconographic features of other similar stelae in the region and by considering the location of the stele.