Afrin Stele

The middle section of a four-sided stele was found in a field near the town of Afrin, apparently not in situ. The roughly 0.5-meter-wide fragment shows a partial Storm-God figure on one face (A) and a Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription on the other sides. The right side (D) of the stele has not survived. The left (B) and back (C) sides display a three-line inscription, which is too short and damaged to provide insight into the context. It was in the Ain Dara excavation house in 1995. Its current whereabouts are unclear.


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