Identification Number: 03TR11U03stn01 and 03TR11U08stn37

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 05dpnk0105 by Murat Akar.Drawing by Carrie Van Horn.

Description

Two joining fragments attributed to the bottom left corner of the front face of the block. Length: 11.0 cm; 4.5 ≈ 5.0 cm in section. Fragments found on 15 and 31 July 2003 in the rubble fill in Trench 11 (units 3 and 8). Preserves the end and beginning of words running vertically down the left side of the block edge and left to right along the bottom.

Dimensions

Length: 45 mm. Width: 53 mm. Thickness: 18 mm.

Context

Palatial Complex, Monumental Entrance. 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.