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Cekke

The basalt stele with a relief of Storm-God standing on a bull, holding a trident thunderbolt. Stele has Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions in front and back, was found near the village of Cekke (Jekke) about 42 km north of Aleppo. The inscription is about foundation and settlement of the city Kamana by Kamanis the king of Kargamis and his vizier Sasturas. It dates to reign of Kamanis in Karkamis thus to mid 8th century BCE. The stele is about 1.60 meter in height and currently in Aleppo Museum.


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Relief of Storm God


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