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Inscribed Orthostat Fragment (BOROWSKI 2)

The inscribed basalt fragment is the upper left corner of an orthostat. It measures 20 x 23 x 20 cm in height, width and thickness. It has entered into the Borowski Collection from the antiquities market and there is no information about the provenance. It display similarities to some of the Karkamış inscriptions. The fragments is currently in the Bible Lands Museum in jerusalem.

BOROWSKI 2 - J. D. Hawkins, 2000



Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 558 and plt. 316. (BOROWSKI 2).
Poetto, M. "Sigilli e iscrizioni in luvio geroglifico", La collezione anatolica di E. Borowski, (StMed 3), Pavia, 1981: 9–65 (48–49 and plts. XLVII–XLVIII).
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Image sources:
J. David Hawkins, 2000.