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Inscribed Fragments (BOĞAZKÖY 6, 25, and 27)

The three inscribed fragments were found at different times and places: BOĞAZKÖY 6 in 1953 in Büyükkaya, BOĞAZKÖY 25 in 1996 also in Büyükkaya within the Iron Age rubble, and BOĞAZKÖY 27 as well as two smaller fragments that are possibly parts of the same inscription in 2004 in Sarıkale as reused in late-period structures. Nevertheless, since all three are carved on the same type of granite material that is not very common in Boğazköy and on account of the similarity of the style and sizes of the hieroglyph characters, J. Seeher suspects that they are fragments of a single monument.


BOĞAZKÖY 6 - H. Otten, 1955 BOĞAZKÖY 25 - J. Seeher, 1997 BOĞAZKÖY 27 - J. Seeher, 2005 Drawings of BOĞAZKÖY 6, 25, 27 - After J. D. Hawkins 2024


Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 3, Berlin, 2024: 72–76 and plts. 47, 49.
Otten, H. "Inschriftliche Funde der Ausgrabung in Bogazköy 1953," MDOG 87, 1955:13.
Seeher, J. "Die Ausgrabungen in Boğazköy-Hattuša 1996," AA, 1997:326–27.
Seeher, J. "Die Ausgrabungen in Boğazköy-Hattuša 2004," AA, 2005:66–67.
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Image sources:
Heinrich Otten, 1955.
Jürgen Seeher, 1997, 2005.
J. David Hawkins, 2024.