Sivasa Inscription This is a Late Hittite time hieroglyphic Luwian rock inscription. It is near Sivasa (also referred as Suvasa) village which is now known as Gökçetoprak, near Gülşehir town. It is about 20 km to the city of Nevşehir. To the south of the village at the south end of a rocky plateau, the inscriptions are carved on the flattened surfaces of a single block of rock. The rock is about 4 meters in length, 5.60 meters in with and 3.10 meters in height. In a unique way the hieroglyps appear in very large size and do not follow lines. It consists of several names and titles of the servants of King Wasusarmas whose name also appears on Topada, Sultanhanı, and Kayseri. The top of the rock also has certain holes that suggests religious rituals, libations, thus it is possible that the rock is used as an altar. The shoe like shape of it may also be intentional, since some shoe shaped containers were used in Hittite rituals. Dated to the second half of 8th century BCE. Click on pictures for a larger image.

Image sources:
Tayfun Bilgin, Bora Bilgin, Ertuğrul Anıl, 2009.
David Morgan, 2008
Roman Neumüller (katpatuka.org)
Ignace Jay Gelb. Hittite Hieroglyphic Monuments. (OIP, 45.) Chicago, 1939.