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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Zarkawtak
  • geo:36.687317,38.11821

Period or year

  • -890~ / unknown

Classification

  • altar
  • Visible

Hamiyata Stele, Masuwari - Til Barsip

data access 26846

Tell Ahmar II stele depicts the Storm-god figure below a winged sun-disk. 10-line hieroglyphic Luwian inscription described  the dedication of the stele by king Hamiyata to the gods. Stele was found in 1928 near Tell Ahmar by villagers

  1. Guy Bunnens,A New Luwian Stele and the Cult of the Storm-god at Til Barsib-Masuwari,  A New Luwian Stele and the Cult of the Storm-god at Til Barsib-Masuwari, Peeters Press 2006
  2. Tayfun Bilgin,Tell Ahmar - https://www.hittitemonuments.com/tellahmar/
  3. J. D. Hawkins, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000, pp. 224-245 and plts 91-102.
  4. W. Orthmann, Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971.
  5. F. Thureau-Dangin, and M. Dunand. Til-Barsib, Paris, 1936.

Relevant museums

  • Aleppo, National Museum
    Large collection of Bronze Age (a/o Ebla, Mari, Ugarit), Iron Age (Arslan Tash), Hellenistic, and Roman finds.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Aleppo
  • Deir ez-Zor Museum
    Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
    Syrian Arab Republic, Deir ez-Zor
  • Paris, Louvre
    Paris, Louvre
    France, Paris

Nearby sites

  • Tel Amhar Stele I
    Neo Hittite stele of Masuwari .
    Syrian Arab Republic, Tall Aḩmar
  • Til Barsip
    Modern Tell Ahmar. Hittite Masuwari
    Syrian Arab Republic, Tall Aḩmar
  • Hamiyata Stele, Masuwari - Tell Ahmar-Qubbah
    Tell Ahmar VI, the Tell Ahmar/Qubbah Neo Hittite stele of Storm God - currently in Aleppo?
    Syrian Arab Republic, Tall Aḩmar
  • Tall Qumluq
    Bronze Age settlement. Qümlük, Goumlouk.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Qaw Mulūk

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-05-19) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/26846
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Hamiyata Stele, Masuwari - Til Barsip. https://vici.org/vici/26846, accessed 2026-11-13.