Relief depicting royal banquet of Zincirli, inscription of a seated goddess

Relief depicting a royal banquet from Zincirli inscription of a seated goddess, labeled as No. 7778 in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums. This relief is from the place originally known as Sam'al (Hittite: Yadiya), the Kingdom of Sam'al founded as a Hittite colony from 1,725-1,200 BC. In 940 BC it became a Kingdom until 680 BC when the state came under control of the Assyrian Empire. It is located at Zincirli Höyük in the Anti-Taurus Mountains of modern Turkey's Gaziantep Province. It can be dated to the 9th century BC. [Luchon III P.218, F115/PL.38a, Aeton 935]90x125 mm, black and white photograph