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Solar disc lids (Kapaklar), 2nd Millennium BC, Panaztepe

Turkish Museums, Archaeological Museum of Izmir, Turkey

Lids (Kapaklar) - 2nd Millennium BC, Panaztepe. Sun with six circles around it engraved on a lid, making it a solar disc. The circles are composed of other circles filling the space inside. Four circles in total for each of the six circles surrounding the sun. The sun has 13 rays. The edge of the lid is filled with short diagonal lines.

It is located at Archaeological Museum of Izmir, Turkey.

Solar disc lids (Kapaklar), 2nd Millennium BC, Panaztepe. Sun with six circles around it.
Taken on  Sunday 06th of October 2013
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Source:  Izmir, Turkey
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