Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-26
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upon an immense block OF stone, the
representation OF 6 mult;tuds Of men
sctusily erssged in building such s
mound mag be seen. Some OF these
mounds, which sTe very regular, may
have been bIilt for spa:isl purpose
now uncertain, bas others, Irregular in
form and larger IN sr5s, muat have been
formed BY the debris Of mud walls and
roots.
Ooe Of this Latter cl IS oil mounds on
the plsiug near the essteln base OF he
AnaOus Mountains, sbcuf f.tT miles
south ct Marasb, hiss str ac.ed thu stten-
lion Of tie American missionaries for
some yesrs, snd st their suggestion sew.
eral travellers havs visited IL. The lit
Turkish village OF Il Ij'rli Is built Oh the
side CT : mound.
The special interest connected with II
YVES dozar slabs Of black bssalt, four
feet high and two feet equsre, at the ends
forming 8 re ertrspt angle at one edge OF
the mound near tia bass and apparently
extending farther In towards the center
to complete the basement wslls CT
bulldog. On the face CT each block were
Hlttite bss-reliefs.
The attention of American sntiqu2risns
was called to this mound, and it WAS
hoped that American enterprise would
undertake It's exploration. The past
winter 8 party OF Germans, under the
patronage of their government,
have commenced the work CT tx
cavation, and 100 lkborers in few
weeks time laid bare q large number OF
blocks forming. rs Gad been supposed,
the basement Of q Hittite pslsce. There
were nearly all in stu, resting upon rude
foundations OF masonry. A line OF blocks
eXIends along the entire front, then opens
midHsy into an entrance hall, which toon
widens Into court xoout forty feet
square. A narrow hall connects this
court with another large court farther
within, which mas been uncovered only in
part, out seems to be several rods square.
These hklls End courts are lined BY o
single row OF basalt blocks, each stand
ing on end and nearly every block con-
tLins on lis inner surface Hittite Eculpo
ture.
At one place is hunting scsno cons
tinued Along dozen blocks. the men
sre armed with dsggeTs. SPEARS, and
the bow and arrow. Deer, rabbits
aud birds represent varsity Of gsms,
At the entrance to the main court
on either side are the bas-rellef scuip-
lures OF an immense lion looking toward
the outer door and behind each lion
stands . heavily armed soldier. The su-
perstructure, resting upon these HttiEe
blocks, must have been msde OF sun
| dried brick and perhaps IN part OF wood.
Pne stones bear evidence that the builds
iugs ab3vs them were burned rhe pile
Of earth thst forms the mound must be
the debris of mud roofs and walls from
Hittite palaces to the peasant novels Of
modern TINES
NJ Histite hierog.yphics hsvs yet b ser
discovered, but the mCet remarkable
"hld" is 2he colossal statue OF Sirdsn-
apalus, king of Niueveh, eighth century
| 3 G standing on pedestal in the
smaller court OF the palace. The work
manship is verv fine. The face speaks
| like the 6 lest Grecian statues. The statue
mad been thrown down and roker but the
fragments are ell there and the wnCls fig
ure can easily be restored. On this statue
! were several square yards Of Assyrian
| inscription in cuneiform hie-oglyphics,
from which the name was determined.
But how this statue OF an Assyrial
i king came to be placed In Hittite pal.
| see is not easily accounted for. 1t Is
presumed that when Sardanapslus made
his expedition throu b Asia Minor he
coz quered this Hittite city and erected
his own statue in the center Of the pal.
ace, carefully preserving intact all the
productions OF Hittite art.
Several shafts have been sunk In differ
ent parts OF the mound, bat thus far NO
other important results have been
reached. few feet below the surface
in various places were found the rade
four t.tions Of med 27sl and Rlman
peasant huts with stone hsnd-mills, NOR
,ars, ilrs, and other relics Of those
perioGs. One snAft reaching to the level
Of tne plain disclosed colossal image of
an animal designed for lion, but Its
rude workmanship belong to an early
period in the art OF sculpture. There are
traces also Of wall s1d most 8 few rods
drstant inclosirg the mound. Opposite
he entrance to tie ps.sce . dtI n fculp.
ured blocks heVe bsea uncovered. They
mark the gs;eTsy in the city wall.
The Germans propose to continue their
sxcavsiious TREE yeaIs and turn over
with tia spade the eEtir7 mound.
The crest desider.tum In Hitt,te dis
coverlef Is 3 ol.lirgusl inscription to be
used as key to interpret the. mysterious
nieroglyphics. No.hiGg CT the kind has
yet appeared, excep. 8 very brief III
scription en- silver Doss, which few
years sgo WIS cffefed for sale in Cons
st.ntinople and fortunately copied, but
the original has mystericus!y disappeared.
The languages were HittiIe and Assy-
Ran cunelform, giving the name OF .
king and Of his country, but both were
unknown to history.
The Germans have also discovered in 8
Turkish cemetery near suilrli human
statue with nearly square yard Of in.
scription in what seems to te Ptenic,sn
characters.
Hit.ite remains hsve been discovered
at different p ints in Central and South
ern Asia Minor extending as far weat IS
Smyrna and eEst to the Euphrates.
Bible history also speaks Of these people
st Hebron, in Southern sPales tines Il hey
sre not only many timesmentioned9n the
Assyrisn inscriptions Se xhumed from the
mounds OF Koyounjsk isnd Kh0tsf5ad a.
Nine Web, but also tAg mightfef the
Pharaohs: of EgypA wheH ~ gforiiy
the mseives they dssfn 9Ated AAetE eersonA
achievements upo9 As1ofty 9lo1Assa
entrances OF their temples, could find n
prouder record of their valor than the
raprosapt a fnna of their victories over the