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Kelekli Stele

The 1.2-meter-high stele was found in 1902 near the village of Kelekli, which is on the west bank of the Euphrates between Birecik and Karkamış. The stele with a missing top and bottom has a relief of two figures, possibly the Storm God and a ruler, facing each other. Below them is a Luwian inscription on the left, front, and right sides of the stele. It is an inscription of Suhi (II) of Karkamış and mentions King Tudhaliya. Currently in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.


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T. Bilgin, 2010 T. Bilgin, 2010 T. Bilgin, 2010 J. D. Hawkins, 2000 J. D. Hawkins, 2000


Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 92–93 and plt. 9. (KELEKLİ)
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 3, Berlin, 2024: 191, 302. (KELEKLİ)
Orthmann, W. Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971. (Kellekli 1)
Peker, H. Anadolu Hiyeroglif Yazılı Belgeler 1: Geç Hitit Karkamış Krallığı Yazıtları, Bologna, 2022: 24.


Image sources:
Tayfun Bilgin, 2010
J. David Hawkins, 2000.