Stela of Shalmaneser III - Kurkh Monolith [Üçtepe Höyük]

Stela of Salmanasser III Kurkh stela of Shalmaneser that reports battle of Karkar

Surroundings:

Stele of Ashurnasirpal II - Kurkh Monolith

Location:

Türkiye, Üçtepe
geo:37.826393,40.539471
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

-850~ / unknown

Class:

Relief, votiv stone or altar
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=37081

Annotations

Kurkh stela of Shalmaneser ( r. 859–824 BC) discovered in 1861 reports the battle of Karkar. It also mentions towns along the Upper Tigrin near Tushan.

See:

http://tayproject.org/TAYages.fm$Retrieve?CagNo=9147&html=ages_detail_e.html&layout=web
Ömür Harmanşah, Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East, Cambridge University Press 2013, p. 80

Nearby

Üçtepe

23 coins Armenian king Tigranes the Younger, 18 Roman coins from the first to the fourth century

Charcha

OmnesViae import TPPlace2609. Arcaiapis, Charcha, Karcharoman, Üçtepe, formerly Kerh, Üç tepe, Üçtepe koyu.

Stele of Ashurnasirpal II - Kurkh Monolith [Üçtepe Höyük]

ssyrian royal inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II