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navigate by keyword : turkey ankara province tkabir statues hittite monument exact replica fas lla llar large statue storm god depicted mountainous temple standing mountain two lions located slope hill west village bey ehir konya meters width height weighs tons basalt stone quarry final destination parts carved detail rough shape monuments relief type carvings solid natural rock eflatunp figures alacah orthostats tudhaliya century bce

Hittite monument an exact replica of monument from FasÃÂ±lla

The FasÃÂ±llar monument is a large statue of the Hittite Storm-God depicted in a mountainous temple standing above a mountain god between two lions. It is located on the slope of a hill west of the FasÃÂ±llar village of BeyÃÅ¸ehir Konya. The statue is 2.75 meters in width and 8 meters in height. It weighs about 70 tons and made of basalt stone. Its current location is close to its quarry and this suggests that the statue never made it to its final destination. Certain parts of the monument is carved in more detail and some other parts are in rough shape. Most Hittite monuments are relief type carvings on solid natural rock walls whereas the FasÃÂ±llar monument is carved on a separate rock block. Similarities to the EflatunpÃÂ±nar figures and the AlacahÃÂ¶yÃÂ¼k orthostats point to the time of Tudhaliya IV in the second half of the 13th century BCE