Hattusili III is known for concluding the Eternal Treaty (Treaty of Kadesh) with Ramses II of Egypt, the world's first recorded peace treaty. However, at Firaktin, we see his spiritual side. The relief was likely commissioned by his son, Tudhaliya IV, to honor his parents as divine beings after their deaths.
Queen Puduhepa was far more than a consort. Born in Kizzuwatna (modern Cilicia), she was a high priestess who co-signed state documents and maintained her own diplomatic correspondence with the Egyptian Pharaoh. Her depiction here, offering wine to the goddess Hebat, underscores her status as the spiritual mother of the Hittite people.
The unfinished nature of the rightmost section of the relief adds a layer of mystery. Historians suggest work might have stopped due to sudden political changes or the death of the master sculptor. Today, it remains an evocative "sketch in stone" of a lost empire.