The limestone fragment appears to be the left end of an originally longer relief. It was found in late 19th century by a peasant digging nearby Arslantepe and was first photographed by D. Hogarth and G. Yorke in 1894. On the left is a dining scene of a seated male and female couple and on the right is a partially preserved hunting(?) scene with a couple of male figures riding a chariot. A Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription above the figures is only partially preserved and appears to give the names of the seated persons. The preserved piece is 0.53 m in heigh, 1.23 m in length and 0.30 m in thickness. It may date to around 11th-10th centuries BCE. It is on display the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.
Literature:
Image sources:
Bonatz, D. Syro-hethitische Grabdenkmal, Mainz, 2000: 60.
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 327 and plt. 163. (MALATYA 2)
Metzger H. "Une lecture nouvelle des reliefs de Malatya," Revue Archéologique 1978: 203–4.
Orthmann, W. Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971. (Malatya B/3)
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J. David Hawkins, 2000.