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Çiftlik
This is a roughly hemispherical block with a flat front. It was found in 1933 in a house in the Çiftlikköy (now Ovaçiftlikköy) village of Yeşilhisar district in Kayseri province. The block is 71 cm tall and 43 cm wide. The flat front side has a relief of a male figure with a badly damaged head. The inscription on the front side surrounding the relief is also in bad shape, but the eight-line Luwian inscription on the rounded back side is almost fully preserved. It is written by a “servant” of Tuwati (see also Kululu ), who makes dedications to Tarhunza, Hebat, and other gods for some buildings. The “servant” may imply that he is a local administrator under Tuwati. It has been dated to the mid-8th century BCE and is currently in the Kayseri Museum.
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