Taşçı reliefs

At this spot the river passes through a narrow gorge with steep cliffs on either side; the two reliefs known as Taşçı A and B are on the left bank, les than a hundred metres apart.

No travel route can have passed through the gorge at the time when the reliefs were created, since the creation of the modern road required advanced stone blasting work.

This, the location by the water, and the presence of caves above the reliefs suggests the site had a ritual function.

Ribbons run over their heads, a cloth hangs over their backs; from these details the figure appears to be female.

Another group of hieroglyphs are located to the left of the three figures, which name another person - John David Hawkins reads "Bodyguard Zida, servant of Hattusili, the Great King, the hero."

He wears a round cap with a horn, the long robes of a priest and a stole which hangs over his shoulders.

Ignace Gelb uncovered the lower part of the relief in 1935 and published a sketch and a photograph.

His understanding of the inscriptions agreed closely with that of Gelb, unlike the work of Franz Steinherr published in the same year.