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Hakkâri (Kurdish: Colemêrg, Syriac: ܗܟܐܪܝ), is a city and the capital of the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The name Hakkâri is derived from the Syriac word, Akkare, meaning farmers. The population of the city at the 2010 census was 57,844.
Thirteen stelae, never before seen in Anatolia or the Near East, were found in 1998 in their original location at the centre of Hakkari, a city in the southeastern corner of Turkey. The stelae were carved on upright flagstone-like slabs measuring between 0.7 m to 3.10 m in height. The stones contain only one cut surface, upon which human figures are chiseled. The theme of each stele reveals the foreview of an upper human body. The legs are not represented. Eleven of the stelae depict naked warriors with daggers, spears, and axes—masculine symbols of war. They always hold a drinking vessel made of skin in both hands. Two stelae contain female figures without arms. The stelae may have been carved by different craftsmen using different techniques. Stylistic differences shift from bas relief to a more systematic linearity. The earliest stelae are in the style of bas relief while the latest ones are in a linear style. They were made during a period from the fifteenth century BC to the eleventh century BC in Hakkari. Stelae with this type of relief are not common in the ancient Near East however there are many close parallels between these and those produced by a variety of peoples from the Eurasian steppes between the third millennium BC and the eleventh century AD.
Ikusen no mirai yori mo
Isshun no ima wo tsuyoku ikitai
Naraku no hotori de sae mo
Kakete yukeru Anata to nara
Mau kaze no gotokuAragaenu jidai no yaiba ni
Kizutsuite taorete nao
Yume ni mishi hikari wo shinjite
Hisakata wo aogite
Ah, Waga mi ni Ah, kaetemo
Anata wo mamoreru naraHageshiki kaze ni nare Kono inori
Sadame Kaeru hodo Ima sugu
Yoake no kaze ni nare Kurayami no tobira
Kojiakeru kaze niIkutose no chigiri yori mo
Hitotabi no kizuna Daite ikiyou
Sakura mau sora wo miage
Waratta hi wa Utakata demo
Tokoyo no omoideOshiyoseru jidai no aranami
Oboretemo kokorozashi wa
Akatsuki no hikari no gotoku ni
Ano sora wo someyuku
Ah, Namida wa Ah, Misenai
Anata to chikattakaraHageshiki kaze ni nare Kono omoi
Tsumi wo arau ame Furasete
Yoake no kaze ni nare Kono kuni ga itsuka
Akeyuku hi madeAragaenu jidai no yaiba ni
Kizutsuite taorete nao
Yume ni mishi hikari wo shinjite
Hisakata wo aogite
Ah, Waga mi ni Ah, kaetemo
Anata wo mamoreru naraHageshiki kaze ni nare Kono inori
Sadame Kaeru hodo Ima sugu
Yoake no kaze ni nare Kurayami no tobira