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Two inscribed basalt blocks were originally from a gateway but were found as reused, lying face down at the threshold of the King's Gate. The inscriptions on two blocks form a single text (KARKAMIŠ A11b+c), which belongs to ruler Katuwa and talks about a suppressed revolt in Karkamýţ, conquests, and the construction of "upper floors." Dates to the 10th-9th century BCE and is on display in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.


The find location of the blocks at the King's Gate - L. Wooley, 1952 (19-11-14) KARKAMIŠ A11b - T. Bilgin, 2024 KARKAMIŠ A11b - T. Bilgin, 2014 KARKAMIŠ A11b - T. Bilgin, 2006 KARKAMIŠ A11b - T. Bilgin, 2006 KARKAMIŠ A11b - J. D. Hawkins, 2000
KARKAMIŠ A11c - B. Bilgin, 2022 KARKAMIŠ A11c - T. Bilgin, 2024 KARKAMIŠ A11c - B. Bilgin, 2022 KARKAMIŠ A11c - T. Bilgin, 2006 KARKAMIŠ A11c - T. Bilgin, 2024 KARKAMIŠ A11c - J. D. Hawkins, 2000


Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 101–8 and plts. 14–17. (KARKAMIŠ A11b+c)
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 3, Berlin, 2024: 193–94, 303–4. (KARKAMIŠ A11b+c)
Payne, A. Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Atlanta, 2012: 68–72.
Peker, H. Anadolu Hiyeroglif Yazýlý Belgeler 1: Geç Hitit Karkamýţ Krallýđý Yazýtlarý, Bologna, 2022: 29–35.


Image sources:
Tayfun Bilgin, 2006, 2014, 2024.
J. David Hawkins, 2000.
Bora Bilgin, 2022.