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Quellgrotte Stele (BOĞAZKÖY 12)

The rectangular limestone stele with the hieroglyphic inscriptions is about 70 cm high, 40 cm wide and 30 cm thick. It was excavated in 1968 by the so-called Quellgrotte ("fountain-cave") by the southwest corner of the Great temple area. Incised writing on the stele indicates a dedication to a deity (Stord-god?) by a king of Isuwa which was a vassal kingdom of the Hittites. The stele is on display in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.


BOĞAZKÖY 12, Ankara Museum - T. Bilgin, 2006 BOĞAZKÖY 12, Ankara Museum - B. Bilgin, 2008 BOĞAZKÖY 12, Ankara Museum - T. Bilgin, 2014 BOĞAZKÖY 12 - H. G. Güterbock, 1969 BOĞAZKÖY 12 - J. D. Hawkins, 2024


Literature:
Arroyo, A. "A new reading for BOĞAZKÖY 12," MDOG 145, 2013: 185–94.
Güterbock, H. G. "Hieroglyphische Inschriften," Boğazköy IV, 1969: 49–53.
Hawkins, J. D. "The Land of Išuwa: the Hieroglyphic Evidence," ICH III, 1998: 281–95.
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 3, Berlin, 2024: 69–70 and plt. 45.
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Image sources:
Tayfun Bilgin, 2006, 2014.
Bora Bilgin, 2008.
Hans G. Güterbock, 1969.
J. David Hawkins, 2024.