20. Reljeef Šuppiluliuma II st, viimasest teadaolevast hetiidi kuningast. Kujutatud jumalana (teravatipuline müts) ja sõdalasena (lühike seelik ja relvad)
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Statue of a god (or deified king?) from North Syria, 17th century BC. (Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.45) http://www.hittites.info/Images/1971.45_Cleveland_NorthSyria_ca1600BC.jpg Ceremonial rhytons in the shape of the Storm God's bulls, Seri and Ḫurri. From Boğazkale, dated to the 16th century B.C. Height 90cm. Source: The Anatolian Museum Web Site http://www.hittites.info/Images/seri_hurri.gif
Map of Indo European migrations from ca. 4000 to 1000 BC according to the Kurgan model. The Anatolian migration (indicated with a dotted arrow) could have taken place either across the Caucasus or across the Balkans. The purple area corresponds to the assumed Urheimat ( Samara culture , Sredny Stog culture ). The red area corresponds to the area which may have been settled by Indo-European-speaking peoples up to ca. 2500 BC, and the orange area by 1000 BC. indo- european . eu / wiki /index. php /Kurgan_hypothesis
This relief at Yazılıkaya represents the figure of a king with hieroglyphic symbols of the Sun God of Heaven (No. 34). Kingship is indicated by the winged sun-disc and the kalmush, the long staff curved at the end. Both of these, according to the texts, were signs of sovereignty. The round skull-cap and the cloak further identify this figure as. a monarch. (See also the portrayals of Tudhaliya , Sharruma ). On the other hand, the hieroglyphic symbols designate him as the Sun God of Heaven. Owing to the absence of ideograms for an individual name, this figure seems to be the image of a deified ruler in a general sense. Consequently, it symbolically represented the monarch in power in each period. http://www.atamanhotel.com/whc/yazilikaya-kingship.gif