Stele of Tarhuntiwastis is a basalt funerary stele of Tarhuntiwastis, wife of Azinis according to the inscription. The late Hittite period stele dates to early 9th century BC. Relief portrays two women at the table. Two lines inscription. They are holding spindles and a mirror. Currently in: Archaeological Museum, Istanbul,Oriental Collection no. 7694. According W. Orthmann Maraş B/7. Stele is 1,23 m high; 0,87 m wide.
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- John David Hawkins: Corpus of hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions. Vol 1. Inscriptions of the Iron Age. Part 1: Text: Introduction, Karatepe, Karkamiš, Tell Ahmar, Maraş, Malatya, Commagene. de Gruyter, Berlin 2000, pp. 273 ff.
- Winfried Orthmann: Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst. (= Saarbrücker Beiträge zur Altertumskunde Bd. 8) Habelt, Bonn 1971, pp. 85; 86; 101; 138; 204; 276; 367; 373; 376; 525; Taf. 45,a; 74,a