Beyköy The Beyköy village is about 43 km north of the city of Afyon, close to the town of İhsaniye. Nearby the village, in the location known as Yumruktepe is especially known for its Phrygian and Roman time ruins. But the site also has one of the rare remnants of the Hittites in the western Anatolia region, although not very significant. In the past, couple of Hittite inscriptions have been reported by William Ramsay (1884) and Franz Steinherr (1965), but recent studies on the site unfortunately did not yield any trace of them. Today the only Hittite remain is a quite weathered, winged sun disk decoration about 80 cm in legth. Although such winged sun disks were common in Neo-Hittite times, rarity of Neo-Hittite finds around this geographic location and the evidence from previously reported fragments may suggest that it belongs to the Great Hittite period. The fragment that was reported by Ramsay (shown below) had two lines of inscriptions. The second line roughly translated as "Army of .. was always victorius". Based on the style and the content of the writing, Meriggi and Masson place it to Great Hittite period and most likely to the time of Tudhaliya IV. Click on pictures for a larger image.

Image sources:
Horst Ehringhaus. Götter, Herrscher, Inschriften. 2005, Zabern. ISBN 3805334699.
Emilia Masson, "Les Inscriptions Louvites Hieroglyphiques de Köylütolu et Beyköy", Kadmos, 1980.