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Location

  • Türkiye, Bor
  • geo:37.845924,34.575832

Period or year

  • -730~ / -710~

Classification

  • altar
  • Visible

Bor Stele of Warpalawa, Kemerhisar [Tuwama Stele]

data access 25896

Stele of Warpalawas (ca 730-710 BC?)  found in two fragments. Dimensions: upper fragment:  0.75 m high;  0.40 m wide; lower fragment: 0.82 m high.  Istanbul AM. Altor. Museum lnv. 7695.

The inscription (J. D. Hawkins):

   I am Warpalawa, Tuwana's king, the Ruler, the Hero, [Muwa]ha[rani, the Ruler's] son.
    I myself planted this vineyard,
    and this Tarhunza of the Vineyard I set up.
    For me he will walk well,
    and here in which year he will come well for me,
    to me there shall be 100 measures of ... ... 100 measures of wine.
    The year in which I became king
    in that year the enemies beneath my feet he put, did Tarhunza.
    ...
    and to me may he grant long days, may Tarhunza!

Sources:

  1. John David Hawkins: Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions. Vol. I: Inscriptions of the Iron Age.  de Gruyter, Berlin u. a. 2000, pp. 518-521
  2. Tayfun Bilgin: https://www.hittitemonuments.com/bor/
  3. Winfried Orthmann: Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst. (= Saarbrücker Beiträge zur Altertumskunde Bd. 8) Habelt, Bonn 1971, Maraş B/1, pp. 114; 115; 116; 145; 149; 152; 153; 157; 288; 290; 293; 351; 352; 518; Taf. 38,a

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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Bor Stele of Warpalawa, Kemerhisar [Tuwama Stele]. https://vici.org/vici/25896, accessed 2026-11-13.