Arslan Gallery

In this section, the Arslan Gallery section was created by using both the images we took of the Arslantepe Mound and the images taken from theses (with permission).

Bird’s-Eye View of Arslantepe Generated by artificial intelligence (AI).	King of Melid (?) Our own photograph. In some sources, the figure is referred to as Mutallu, while in others it appears as Tarhunazi. It is believed to originate from the Kingdom of Melid or from the Late Hittite Period.	Lion Gate Our own photograph.	Stone Relief City Wall Arslantepe, Iron Age (Phase III). a.b. Stone reliefs and the city wall from Iron Age I (Frangipane, 2018).
Palace B Temple and Palace Complex (Frangipane, 2004b, p. 48) Archaeological research shows that the public buildings in this area evolved over time into an integrated compound composed of three units serving religious, economic, and administrative functions. Distinguished by its scale and layout, the complex represents one of the earliest examples of a temple–palace architectural ensemble (Frangipane, 2002).	Palace(Exterior) Arslantepe Mound Palace Architecture Source: Frangipane, M. (2011)	Palace(Exterior) Arkeoatlas: Archaeology Atlas of Anatolia from Prehistory to the Iron Age, (Ed. N. Karul), Eastern Anatolia, p. 137.	Palace(Interior) Our own photograph
Wall pictures. Period VIA (LC5). a. Temple B in the Palace; b. Decoration on the walls of the side room in Temple B (Frangipane, 2018).	Swords In Building III of the palace, nine arsenic–copper alloy swords and twelve spearheads were discovered, some decorated with silver inlay. At the monumental entrance of another structure, a door pivot made of arsenic–copper alloy with lead and 19 silver, along with other advanced alloy findings, indicates that metallurgy had reached a high technological level and that swords were produced here for the first time in history. (Frangipane, 2018) Our own photograph.	Storage Area and Pottery Arslantepe, Period VIA Palace Storage Rooms. a. Reconstruction of the original positions of materials within the rooms (drawing by T. D'Este); b. Cretula from redistribution room A340; c. Mass-produced bowls from redistribution room A340; d. Storage rooms (Frangipane, 2018).	Ceramics Arslantepe, Period VIA. Ceramics found in the palace complex (a–d) (Frangipane, 2018).
Seals and Seal Impressions (Frangipane, 2018)	Jewelry Our own photograph.	Excavation Work Fig 1.(Frangipane, 2018)	Arslantepe House (Exterior) Our own photograph.
Arslantepe House(Interior) Our own photograph.	Burials Arslantepe, Late Period VIB1: The so-called “Royal Tomb” (Frangipane, 2018)	Visitor Center Our own photograph.