Identification Number: 03TR11U04stn09 and 03TR11U08stn25

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K03.168 and Yozgat Museum Registration Number 1579

Classification: Stone / Sculpture and Inscription

Finding Type: Inscription and Small-scale Relief Sculpture

Item: Paleo-Phrygian inscription fragment

Material: Sandstone

Images

Photograph 05dpnk0225 by Murat Akar.Drawing by Carrie Van Horn.

Description

Three joining fragments attributed to the upper righthand corner of the front face of the block. Height: 10 cm. Width: 8 cm. Fragments found separately on 19 and 31 July 2003 in the rubble fill of Trench 11 (units 4 and 8). Two of the fragments joined immediately. Preserves the edge of a recessed panel on the left and parts of two words on the frame.

Dimensions

Length: 48 mm. Width: 35 mm. Thickness: 16 mm.

Context

Palatial Complex, Monumental Entrance. In rubble fill.

Publication

For a full description see Catherine M. Draycott and Geoffrey D. Summers, Sculpture and Inscriptions from the Monumental Entrance to the Palatial Complex at Kerkenes Dağ, Turkey. Chicago: Oriental Institute, 2008.