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Köylütolu
The monument was first noticed by Maryan Sokolowski in 1884 in a plain on the Ilgın-Kadınhanı road near the Köylütolu village. It is a rectangular limestome block 180 cm in length, 90 cm in height, and 100 cm in depth. The front face has 3 lines of relief-type inscriptions although damaged in some spots. Bottom line is twice higher than the first two lines. The top of the block has a carved cavity which may have served as a sacred pool. The layout of the inscription indicates that there was originally another block of inscription to the right of this one. Like Yalburt, Fasıllar and Eflatunpınar monuments, this one also dates to the reign of Tudhaliya VI in the 13th c. BCE. The monument is currently in Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.
38°16'12 N - 32°05'52 E Google Earth location (of approximate original location) Click on pictures for a larger image.
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Image sources:
Tayfun Bilgin, 2006.
Gelb, Ignace Jay. 1939. Hittite Hieroglyphic Monuments. (OIP, 45.) Chicago.