: Yl II
: Yılan
: Turkey
: Cilicia, South-Central Turkey
: 37° 01’ N, 35° 54’ E
: Armenian
: Robert W. Edwards
1979
: Color Transparencies


Image Description
Yl II.1

view W at the exterior of Gate B in Yılan castle (Robert W. Edwards, 1979)

Yl II.2

view N at Gatehouse E in Yılan castle (Robert W. Edwards, 1979)

Yl II.3

view NW at the keystone in the arch over the outer door of Gatehouse E in Yılan castle; it was added during the rebuilding of the Gatehouse and may represent King Het’um I or a later Armenian monarch, seated cross-legged on a platform throne between two rearing lions (lions outside this image frame) (for B&W version of this image, see Yl III.12) (see also Yl III.2 for context) (Robert W. Edwards, 1979)

Yl II.4

view W at the top of the west tower in Gatehouse E at Yılan castle (Robert W. Edwards, 1979)

Yl II.5

view S at the exterior of Chapel G (left) at Yılan castle (Robert W. Edwards, 1979)

Yl II.6

view E at the interior of the apse of Chapel G at Yılan castle (Robert W. Edwards, 1979)

Yl II.7

view N at the junction of the nave and apse of Chapel G at Yılan castle; note niches (tape = 1 meter) (Robert W. Edwards, 1979)


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