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Delihasanlı Stele of Tudhaliya IV
The partially preserved limestone stele was found in 1995 built into the wall of a house in the village of Delihasanlı which lies about 10 km to the southwest of Boğazköy, and it is suspected that the stele originated from Soğukpınar about 2 km to the northeast where similar type rock blocks exist. In its present form the stele is about 1 meter high and 0.5 meter wide. It has a 3-line inscription, second of which is comprised of the aedicula of Tudhaliya IV ("The Sun, Great King, Labarna, Tudhaliya") and the inscription is apparently a dedication to the Tutelary deity (the Stag-God), whose name is restored on the first line. Stele is currently in Boğazköy Museum.
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Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. "Tudhaliya the Hunter," FsdeRoos 2006: 49-76 (63–64 and Fig. 13)
Seeher, J. and J.D. Hawkins. "Eine Stele Tudhaliyas IV. aus Delihasanlı," AA 1996: 356–59.
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Image sources:
Cüneyt Süer, 2011
Tayfun Bilgin, 2006.
Jürgen Seeher, 1996.