Female Statue Uncovered at Tayinat in Summer of 2017 (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Female Statue Uncovered at Tayinat in Summer of 2017

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This 3,000-year-old female statue was uncovered at a citadel gate complex in Turkey by University of Toronto archaeologists leading the Tayinat Archaeological Project. Initial speculations are that the figure is a representation of either Kubaba, divine mother of the gods of ancient Anatolia, or the wife of Neo-Hittite king Suppiluliuma, or Kupapiyas, who was the wife - or possibly mother - of Taita, the dynastic founder of ancient Tayinat.

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Photo courtesy of Tayinat Archaeological Project

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