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KERKENES SPECIAL STUDIES 1
SCULPTURE AND INSCRIPTIONS FROM
THE MONUMENTAL ENTRANCE
TO THE PALATIAL COMPLEX
AT KERKENES DA, TURKEY
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KERKENES SPECIAL STUDIES 1
SCULPTURE AND INSCRIPTIONS
FROM THE MONUMENTAL
ENTRANCE TO THE PALATIAL
COMPLEX AT KERKENES DA,
TURKEY
by
and
with contribution by
CLAUDE BRIXHE
and Turkish summary translated by
KE YAZICIOLU
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The Oriental Institute, Chicago
Series Editors
and
with the assistance of
Series Editors’ Acknowledgments
Spine Illustration
Printed by Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LIST OF PLATES
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Geoffrey D. Summers 1
CATALOG
SC UL PT U R E (CA T . NO S. 1–10Catherine M. Draycott
AR C H IT EC TU RAL EL E M E NTS (CA T . NO S . 11–12 Geoffrey D. Summers
IN S CR IP TI ON FRA GM E NT S (CA T . NO S . 13–20)Catherine M. Draycott after Claude Brixhe
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Claude Brixhe, translated by Catherine M. Draycott
INDEX OF PLACE NAMES
Translated by G. Bike Yazıcıoğlu
PLATES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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et cetera,
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TR Trench
TT Test Trench
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LIST OF PLATES
Readings
Head
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DISCOVERY OF SCULPTURE
AND INSCRIPTIONS
GEOFFREY D. SU M M E R S
LOCATION OF KERKENES
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