Eğrek

This round-topped stele was recut as a Christian tombstone in later periods and was found in a Christian cemetery at the village of Eğrek (now Köprübaşı) in Kayseri province. It was mentioned in publications as early as 1894. The bottom of the stele retains a framed line of Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription, which apparently ran over onto a short second line outside the frame. Hawkins reads it as a funerary inscription belonging to Tarhuwari, son of Tarhuzarma, and dates it to the 8th century BCE. It is currently in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.


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