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Körkün Stele

The basalt stele with a relief of Storm-God in front and Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions was found in 1967 in a vineyard near Körkün village, about 20 km southeast of Gaziantep. It is the dedicatory inscription of a person named Kazupi(?) from the reign of Astiru(wa), king of Karkamış in the late 9th century BCE. The stele is currently in the Gaziantep Museum.


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F. Anıl, 2018 B. Bilgin, 2009 B. Bilgin, 2009 B. Bilgin, 2009 B. Bilgin, 2009 B. Bilgin, 2009 B. Bilgin, 2009 J.D. Hawkins, 2000 J.D. Hawkins, 2000


Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 171–75 and plts. 58–59.
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 3, Berlin, 2024: 210, 314.
Kalaç M. "Körkün´de Bulunan Hiyeroglifli Havatanrısı Steli / Die Wettergott-Stele mit Hieroglyphen aus Körkün," FsMeriggi 1969: 160–67 and plt. VIII.
Orthmann, W. Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971. (Körkün 1)
Peker, H. Anadolu Hiyeroglif Yazılı Belgeler 1: Geç Hitit Karkamış Krallığı Yazıtları, Bologna, 2022: 65–67.
(List of Abbreviations)

Image sources:
Figen Anıl, 2018.
Bora Bilgin, 2009.
J. David Hawkins, 2000.