[Redbook8:353][19910321:1018b]{Hittite Lions and Sphinxes}[21st March 1991]
19910321.1018
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‘The corbelled arches of [the Hittite capital’s]* gates are flanked by portal sculptures – lions or sphinxes – anticipating those of the Late Assyrian palaces.’
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** – E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 28:906
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