Identification Number: 03TR11U08stn02, 03TR11U08stn24 and 04TR16U07stn01

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

Classification: Stone / Sculpture

Finding Type: Inscription and Small-scale Relief Sculpture

Item: Inscription

Material: Sandstone

Images

Photograph 05dpnk0102 by Murat Akar.

Description

Five joining fragments certainly belonging to the upper left corner of the front face of the block. Height: 40 cm. Width: 16 cm. Fragments found separately in 2003 and 2004, from the rubble fill of Trench 11 (unit 8, 2003 season) and Trench 16 (units 6 and 7, 2004 season). Preserved is a long section of the inscription on the front face, the lettering running from right to left along the top, turning the corner and continuing vertically down (i.e., from left to right), down the side of the left edge (Inscription Fragments VI and VIIa). On the left side of the block is another short inscription running vertically down that edge (left to right; Inscription Fragment VIIb).

Dimensions

Length: 158 mm. Width: 104 mm. Thickness: 47 mm. \nLength: 45-50 mm. Width: 90 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.