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Two new inscribed Storm-god stelae from Arsuz(İskenderun): ARSUZ 1 and 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2015

Belkıs Dinçol*
Affiliation:
Istanbul University, Turkey
Ali Dinçol
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
J.D. Hawkins
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
Hasan Peker
Affiliation:
Istanbul University, Turkey
Aliye Öztan
Affiliation:
Ankara University, Turkey
Ömer Çelik
Affiliation:
Hatay Archaeological Museum, Turkey

Abstract

In 2007 two stelae, each bearing figures of the Storm-god leading a ruler and aduplicate Hieroglyphic Luwian text, were discovered atUluçınar (formerly Arsuz), on the Turkish coast south ofIskenderun. The inscription is the work of a Suppiluliuma, son of Manana, kingof the land of Walastin, now understood as the Luwian designation of the Amuqplain with its capital at the Iron Age site of Tell Tayinat. The stelae,probably dating to the later tenth century BC, record the successful reign ofthe ruler and his happy relations with the Storm-god. Historically important isa passage which describes this Amuq king's victory over the Cilician plain, thecity of Adana and the land of Hiyawa.

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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2015 

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