Alaca Hüyük

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Alaca Hüyük: Media

archaeological site, Turkey

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copper finial

copper finial

Copper finial showing a stag and two steers, from Alaca Hüyük, c. 2400–2200

Courtesy of the Archaeological Museum, Ankara; photograph, Josephine Powell, Rome

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