Kırkinler

The Phrygian rock niche was discovered in the Kırkinler locality, near the Seydiler village of İscehisar town. It is located in a rocky site on the upper part of a Byzantine rock church on a steep rock mass. There was a female relief (possibly mother goddess Matar) in a rectangular shallow niche on the side of a steep and high rock stair leading to the top of the rock spaces. The upper part of the niche and relief is destroyed by treasure hunters, possibly around the 2010s. There was a second relief of a woman in a small niche 10 m north of the first one. The woman was depicted from the front with her high polos and long clothes. Unfortunately, this second relief is also completely destroyed by treasure hunters.




References:
Tüfekçi-Sivas, T. & H. Sivas. 2003. ‘Eskişehir, Kütahya, Afyonkarahisar illeri yüzey araştırması arkeolojik envanter raporu’, TÜBA-TÜKSEK Kültür envanteri dergisi/Journal of cultural inventory 1, 2–32.
Tüfekçi-Sivas, T. & H. Sivas. 2004. ‘2002 Yılı Eskişehir, Kütahya, Afyonkarahisar illeri yüzey araştırması’, in AST 21:2, Ankara, 155–166.

Image sources:
T. Tüfekçi-Sivas & H. Sivas, 2003
T. Tüfekçi-Sivas & H. Sivas, 2004
Bora Bilgin, 2021