Gate Lion | Henzendorf (Germany)

3D Model

This gate lion is a scaled-down copy of a statue found in the Lion Gate of Arslantepe (Turkey). The original is on display at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara and on the site. This copy / interpretation was made by a collaboration of Ulrich Thiel, Kazimierz Krewniak and Adam Sobiraj.

Photo of the original | Bittel 1976: P. 245

Further reading
- hittitemonuments.com | Arslantepe
- Arslantepe Website
- K. Bittel, Die Hethiter (…), München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 1976
Original at:
Anatolian Civilizations Museum (Ankara)

Model by Felix Wolter, with permission of the landcare association, land owner and the Naturpark Schlaubetal, Germany.

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