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(a)(b)Figure 3.8 Wall painting of stylized tree with fruit and ibexes at Çatalhöyük. A. Actual image
on wall of house designated “Shrine E. VII/ 44” by Mellaart. B. Outline of the main features of the
painting, including a possible fig tree with four goats or ibexes circling through the branches. The
design is reminiscent of sacred “Tree of Life” images from Bronze Age in Mesopotamia and the Levant.
From Mellaart, J., U. Hirsch, and B. Balpinar (1989), The Goddess from Anatolia. Ezkenazi.