Topkapi Palace and Museum
Portal Lions, Column bases and stone busts...

Portal Lion (Kapa Aslani)
from the entrance of
Palace III. Made of basalt,
from the late Hittite
Period, 8th century BC.

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Double sphinx column base,
from the entrance of Palace
III. Made of basalt, from
the 8th century BC.

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Sphinx from the entrance of
Palace III. Made of basalt,
from the 8th century BC.

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Moulding of Rock Relief (Kaya
Kabartmasi Kopyasi) of
Warpalas, king of Tyana,
(presumably the figure on the
right), praying in front of
plants and the storm god
Tarhunza. Made of lime,
from the late Hittite period,
8th century BC.

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Portal Sphinx (Kapi Sfensk'i).
With the headdress of the
Egyptian Goddess Hathor.
From Yerkapi gate in the
south city. Made of limestone,
from the Hittite Empire Period,
from the 13th century BC.

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Relief of a Charioteer (Arabali
Sür
ücü Kabartmasi). Made of
Proconnesian Marble, this
dates from the last quarter
of the 6th century BC.

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Statue with Base
(Kaideli Heykel), with a hero
between two lions, in relief
from Building J of the palace.
Made of basalt, from the late
Hittite period, 9th century BC.

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Statue of a greater god
from an era gone past.

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Another portal lion...
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Yet one last portal lion.
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