HOME - KARKAMIŞ
 TÜRKÇE

Wife of Suhi II

The limestone orthostat is from the Long Wall. A seated female figure, and across her is a winged goddess holding (offering) her breasts. The four-line inscription (KARKAMIŠ A1b) in the background of the seated figure identifies her as the wife of Suhi (II). The orthostat is in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara.


B. Bilgin, 2017 J. D. Hawkins, 2000 J. D. Hawkins, 2000


Literature:
Genge, H. Nordsyrisch-südanatolische Reliefs, Kobenhavn, 1979: 72–73.
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 91–92 and plts. 8. (KARKAMIŠ A1b)
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 3, Berlin, 2024: 191, 301. (KARKAMIŠ A1b)
Orthmann, W. Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971. (Karkemis C/4)
Payne, A. Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Atlanta, 2012: 46–47.
Peker, H. Anadolu Hiyeroglif Yazılı Belgeler 1: Geç Hitit Karkamış Krallığı Yazıtları, Bologna, 2022: 23.


Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2017.
John David Hawkins, 2000.