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Boybeypýnarý Inscriptions

In early 1930s four large basalt blocks with hieroglyphic inscriptions were found near the village of Boybeypýnarý in the province of Adýyaman. Blocks were found as part of a classical era wall, thus it is concluded that they were moved from original location and re-used for construction. Blocks form two pairs (Boybeypýnarý I and Boybeypýnarý II) that serve as some sort of podium of a monumental structure. The first image below showns the arrangement of the block as presented by John Hawkins. The first pair has one line and the second pair has three lines of hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions circling the blocks. The texts are dedications to goddess Kubaba by Panamuwatis, wife of the Kummuh king Suppiluliumas of early 8th cent BCE. Currently in Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.


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4 blocks - B.Bilgin Block I-A Block II-C Block II-C&B Block I-D Block IV-D&C Block III-C&B J.D.Hawkins Boybeypýnarý 1 (I-II) - J.D.Hawkins Boybeypýnarý 2 (III-IV) - J.D.Hawkins



Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2008
John David Hawkins, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions. 2000.