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View of an orthostat from the Hearld's Wall in the Lower Palace complex at Carchemish.  It is of basalt and dates to 900–700 B.C.

Two bull-men (Kusarikku; lower body of a bull, upper body and head of a man), carrying spears facing the viewer are in the center of the orthostat,.  They are flanked on the right and left by two lion-headed men carrying maces (Ugallu; body of a man, head of a lion).  Evidently, these protected the palace and its inhabitants.

The orthostat is about 4 feet tall and made of basalt.  In the Hearld's Wall there was a mixture of basalt and limestone orthostats.