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Şaraga

The limestone stele with two lines of incised Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription was found in 2003 during salvage excavations at Şaraga Höyük by the west bank of the Euphrates, about 10 km north of Karkamış. It is about 55 cm wide and 34 cm high. The inscription is about animal offerings to the god Santa by a person named Alamu (or Alimu) and his son Sahasi. A date in the 8th century BCE has been suggested. The stele is in the Gaziantep Museum.


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Sertok et al, 2008 F. Anıl, 2018 F. Anıl, 2018


Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 3, Berlin, 2024: 122–23 and plt. 85.
Poetto, M. "Un nuovo verbo luvio-geroglifico: zapa-, e la sua correlazione al luvio cuneiforme zapp(a)-." FsMelchert, 2010: 296–302.
Sertok, K., F. Kulakoğlu, F. Squadrone. "Şaraga Höyük salvage excavations," ICAANE 4, 2008: 411–17.
Sasseville, D. and I. Yakubovich. "The Luwian inscription ŞARAGA: an improved edition," NABU 2016-1: 32–35.
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Image sources:
Kemal Sertok et al, 2008.
Figen Anıl, 2018.