The vase unearthed in the northern slope of the mound, was incomplete. It was broken in the past and was thrown away. Three small pieces could not be attached to the large piece because the parts between them were missing. It was a large vessel, decorated with a “Sacred marriage rite” in relief. Housed inAnkara Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.
The Bitik vase is dated to 16th BC.
Sources:
- Tahsin Ozgüc. — The Bitik Vase. Extrait d'Anatolia , II (1957), pp. 57-78, pl. I
- idem: Bitik vazosu, Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi ,XVI (1-2) 1958, 1-18
- Mary Harlow (Eds), Cecile Michel (Editor), Marie-Louise Nosch (Eds.), Ancient Near Eastern & Aegean Textiles and Dress: An Interdisciplinary Anthology (Ancient Textiles), 2015, pp. 129-130
- Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilizations and Ruins of Turkey, Istanbul 1970, sec. ed., p. 10
- A. Muhibbe Darga, Hitit sanatı.1992
