Hattusa Green Stone

The original purpose of the stone is unknown, but it is a tourist attraction, as it has a magical reputation for granting wishes.

[1][2] This is believed to have been for the worship of the Sun-goddess and the Storm-god Tarḫunna, due to their importance to the Hittites and the stone bases of statues which survive.

The Green Stone was found in a small room of the temple at the southern end of the street leading from the gateway.

[2][3] By comparison with the door sills, the stone now sits below ground level, suggesting that this was not its original position.

[7] Professor Andreas Schachner, director of archaeology at the site, commented in 2019 that he believed the stone had been used by the Hittites and all the civilizations which came after them, but why it was brought to the temple and what it was used for there remained to be discovered.