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On one of the orthostats at the South(Sphinx) Gate, two Hieroglyphic Luwian characters (DEUS.TONITRUS) identify the seated figure as the Storm God. The original orthostat is at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.

The king before the seated Storm-god - B. Bilgin, 2022 ALACAHÖYÜK 1 - I. Gelb, 1939


Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2022.
Ignace J. Gelb, Hittite Hieroglyphic Monuments, Chicago, 1939.