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The king Allumalli(?) is offering libation to the Stag-God of the Countryside. The names of the king and the god are written in Luwian hieroglyphs. Behind the king is an attendant holding a goat, probably also as an offering. Although not found in situ, the limestone relief was probably a part of the east wing of the Lion Gate and measures about 0.45 m in height and 0.53 m in length. Probably dates to sometime between the 12th and 11th centuries BCE. Currently in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara.

B. Bilgin, 2022

Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 306–7 and plt. 147–8. (MALATYA 5)
Metzger H. "Une lecture nouvelle des reliefs de Malatya," Revue Archéologique 1978: 198.
Orthmann, W. Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971. (Malatya A/9b)

Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2022.