Altar with Hieroglyphic Inscription

Altar with Hieroglyphic Inscription

Title Variant
Altar with Hieroglyphic Inscription about the Activities of King Tudhaliya IV
Date

13th century BCE

Material/Technique
basalt
Work Type
sculpture
Notes

Inscription on the two altars concerns the activities of King Tudhaliya IV

Style/Period
Hittite Empire Period
Hittite
Culture
Hittite
Ancient Near Eastern
Repository Accession Number
Inv. Nos. 7770, 7784
Image Date
March 2017
Digital Media Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced as a part of the Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments project
Photographer
Gabriel Rodriguez
Record ID
1718_mmm2017_istanbularchaeologicalmusem_img_073