EGETÜRKİYE

Hittite/Luwian warrior relief holding a spear and wearing a conical helmet carved on a cliff face.
Karabel Luwian Pass and King Tarkasnawa Relief

Research inventory

İzmirkemalpasaBronze Age

Karabel Luwian Pass and King Tarkasnawa Relief

Reading the place

Not one monument, but a layered setting.

The Karabel Luwian Pass and Tarkasnawa Relief represents Western Anatolia's premier Bronze Age border monument, carved into a cliff face in the 13th century BCE by King Tarkasnawa of Mira.

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Source review status

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İzmir · kemalpasa

Research note

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How to use this dossier

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Narratives that include this place

Periods

  • Bronze Age
  • The Aegean today

Regional context

İzmir & the Peninsula

Research sources

District guide

Kemalpaşa

Province guide

İzmir