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Inscription of Suhis II (KARKAMIŠ A1a)

The limestone orthostat is from the Long Wall. The lengthy 6-line inscription narrates the king's military achievements and in the second half his raising of commemorative structures in the city. About 1.35 meters in height and 2.65 meters in width. It has missing text to the right and left of the orthostat. The last row of the relief shows severed hands and heads of enemy soldiers, which is of Assyrian influence. Dates to the 10th century BCE. The stele is in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.


B. Bilgin, 2022 J. D. Hawkins, 2000


Literature:
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000: 88–91 and plts. 6–7. (KARKAMIŠ A1a)
Hawkins, J. D. Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 3, Berlin, 2024: 189–90, 301.
Peker, H. Anadolu Hiyeroglif Yazılı Belgeler 1: Geç Hitit Karkamış Krallığı Yazıtları, Bologna, 2022: 18–22.


Image sources:
Bora Bilgin, 2022.
J. David Hawkins, 2000.