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Kayseri Stele

The round topped stele has 6 lines of inscription running around on all 4 faces. The front face of the stele has been erased and re-cut with one large maltese cross in a circle with a base and a few other small crosses, and the sides of the stele has further damage. It was reported to be in a private house in Kayseri by 1925, but by 1932 was moved to Ankara. The bottom structure of the stele indicates that there may have been a separate base similar to Sultanhaný monument. And like Sultanhaný, this stele is also dedicated to the god by a servant of King Wasusarmas (see also Topada and Sivasa and includes similar protective curses. Dated to second half of the 8th c. BCE. Currently in Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.


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T.Bilgin I.Gelb J.D.Hawkins J.D.Hawkins



Image sources:
Tayfun Bilgin, 2006.
Ignace Jay Gelb. Hittite Hieroglyphic Monuments. (OIP, 45.) Chicago, 1939.
John David Hawkins, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions. 2000.