Yazılıkaya sanctuary
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The Yazılıkaya sanctuary is a rock-cut Hittite religious complex near the ancient city of Hattusa, featuring open-air chambers adorned with processions of deities carved into the limestone walls.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yazılıkaya | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hittite rock sanctuary
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archaeological site ⓘ religious complex ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tudhaliya IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Hittite Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culture | Hittite civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Sun Goddess Hebat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Weather God Teššub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Charles Texier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1834 ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | German Archaeological Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
inscriptions in Hittite hieroglyphs
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orthostat reliefs ⓘ procession of female deities ⓘ procession of male deities ⓘ processions of deities ⓘ relief of King Tudhaliya IV ⓘ relief of sword-god Nergal ⓘ relief of the Sun Goddess Hebat ⓘ relief of the Weather God Teššub ⓘ relief of underworld deities ⓘ rock-cut reliefs ⓘ |
| floruit | 13th century BCE ⓘ |
| function |
New Year festival site
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commemorative monument ⓘ royal cult center ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chamber A
NERFINISHED
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Chamber B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReliefStyle | Hittite imperial style NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
cosmological diagram
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representation of the Hittite pantheon ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boğazkale District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Çorum Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Hattusa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| nearbySite |
Hattusa royal citadel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yenicekale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | open to the sky ⓘ |
| partOf | Hattusha: the Hittite Capital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hittite religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for Hittite pantheon and iconography
ⓘ
major monument of Hittite art ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteId | 377 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | yes ⓘ |
| use |
cult site
ⓘ
open-air sanctuary ⓘ ritual space ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yazılıkaya