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Tünp
Basalt stele (Tunp 1) carved on the flattened surface of a boulder. It was brought to Gaziantep Museum in 1965 from the village of Tünp (now Yazılı) which is located to the south of the city of Gaziantep. About 90 cm high stele has 4 lines of Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription which is damaged on the right edge. It records a land purchase between two private parties. Hawkins suggests a date of mid 8th century BCE based on similarities to Cekke and certain Karkamis inscriptions that are dated to the reign of king Kamanis of Karkamış.
Another fragment (Tünp 2) was found in 1965 in the village of Tünp in a house. This is the corner of an inscribed basalt block with three lines of inscriptions. Unfortunately the fragment is too small to provide info about the content. Both items are currently in Gaziantep Museum.

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Tünp 1

Tünp 2

Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2009
John David Hawkins, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions. 2000.

Tünp Basalt stele (Tunp 1) carved on the flattened surface of a boulder. It was brought to Gaziantep Museum in 1965 from the village of Tünp (now Yazılı) which is located to the south of the city of Gaziantep. About 90 cm high stele has 4 lines of Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription which is damaged on the right edge. It records a land purchase between two private parties. Hawkins suggests a date of mid 8th century BCE based on similarities to Cekke and certain Karkamis inscriptions that are dated to the reign of king Kamanis of Karkamış. Another fragment (Tünp 2) was found in 1965 in the village of Tünp in a house. This is the corner of an inscribed basalt block with three lines of inscriptions. Unfortunately the fragment is too small to provide info about the content. Both items are currently in Gaziantep Museum. Click on the picture for a larger image.
Tünp 1

Tünp 2