Ereğli The rectangular block was dug up in 1991 in the garden of a private house and brought to Ereğli Museum. It appears to be half of a stele base with an half size oval shaped mortise hole that once must have held a stele. Three sides of the stele bear the middle section of a Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription. Preserved section of the text does not incorporate any names and probably concerns offerings for prosperity to the Storm-god. It probably belongs to Neo-Hittite kingdom of Tabal and a date in the 8th century BCE has been suggested. The block is about 55 cm in length, 33 cm in width and 27 cm in height and currently in Ereğli Museum. Click on the pictures for larger images.

Literature:
Poetto, M. "A New Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscription from Ereğli," FsNeumann 2, 2002: 397–405.
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Image sources:
Massimo Poetto, 2002.