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Yalburt Hittite Pool
This monument is located in a summer meadow named Yalburt about 23 km northwest of the town of Ilgın in the province of Konya. The site was coincidentaly discovered in 1970 when a bulldozer was cleaning a hillside. It has been excavated in early 1970s by Raci Temizer, the director of the Anatolian Civilizations Museum.
The rectangular shaped pool has a line of 22 stone blocks with a hieroglyphic script. The dimensions of the pool is about 13 meters by 8 meters. Three sides of the pool (South, West and North) have the rock blocks with the inscriptions. It is not clear whether the fourth, Eastern side ever had similar blocks. The name cartuche of King Tudhaliya IV with its winged sun is clearly visible in the first block of the script. Massimo Poetto believes the block 16 is misplaced and should come after block 1, along with a missing fragment that would complete the left side of block 16. The inscription introduces Tudhaliya (IV) and describes his campaign. The monument was possibly a pool or reservoir similar to other water monuments of the Hittites, such as Eflatunpınar.

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Image sources:
Horst Ehringhaus. Götter, Herrscher, Inschriften. 2005, Zabern. ISBN 3805334699.

Yalburt Hittite Pool This monument is located in a summer meadow named Yalburt about 23 km northwest of the town of Ilgın in the province of Konya. The site was coincidentaly discovered in 1970 when a bulldozer was cleaning a hillside. It has been excavated in early 1970s by Raci Temizer, the director of the Anatolian Civilizations Museum. The rectangular shaped pool has a line of 22 stone blocks with a hieroglyphic script. The dimensions of the pool is about 13 meters by 8 meters. Three sides of the pool (South, West and North) have the rock blocks with the inscriptions. It is not clear whether the fourth, Eastern side ever had similar blocks. The name cartuche of King Tudhaliya IV with its winged sun is clearly visible in the first block of the script. Massimo Poetto believes the block 16 is misplaced and should come after block 1, along with a missing fragment that would complete the left side of block 16. The inscription introduces Tudhaliya (IV) and describes his campaign. The monument was possibly a pool or reservoir similar to other water monuments of the Hittites, such as Eflatunpınar. Click on pictures for a larger image.


South Wall

West Wall

North Wall