The relief decoration on the King's Gate was not on the exterior, but faced inward toward the city: The sculpture of a warrior in high relief-parts of it more than half in the round-measures 2.25 m from the top of the helmet to the tip of the toe.
Dressed only in a short, richly patterned wrap-around skirt, the warrior carries a short sword with a crescent grip tucked into his wide belt. In his hand he holds a decorated axe. On his head he wears a pointed helmet with wide cheek-guards and a protective collar. His long hair falls to his shoulders at the back, and a ribbon attached to the peak of his helmet hangs to elbow-length. One curving horn is sculpted at the front of the helmet; the observer must picture a second out of sight at the back. Because horns on the helmet are attributes of the gods, our warrior is likely to be the representation of a god. He may well be Sharrumma, son of the weather-god Teshub and the sun-goddess Hepat, patron and protector of the Great King Tudhaliya IV. This king, who is thought to be responsible for some of the buildings in the Upper City, might well have honoured his own patron god with this monument.
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