Hittite Stele The stele was found about 50 km to the west of the city of Afyon. It was re-used in a Roman time structure, thus the original location is unknown. The granit block is about 2 meters tall, 0.5 meter wide, 0.25 meter thick, and weighs about 800 kg. Below a winged sun disk, there is a two-sentence inscription. Seracettin Şahin and Recai Tekeoğlu have published an article about the stele. The first sentence tells about the conquest of a city or country by a prince but the name of the prince (Tarpa?) and city/country (..mali) are not clear. The second sentence indicates that the prince has erected this stele for the Storm-god. Proximity of the stele to other Great Hittite period monuments may indicate a similar dating but some scholars place it to later period based on the context and the unusual appearence of the winged sun disk. The stele is currently in Afyon Museum. Click on pictures for a larger image.

Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2007
Horst Ehringhaus. Götter, Herrscher, Inschriften. 2005, Zabern. ISBN 3805334699.