Yumurtalık stele

The Yumurtalık stele is a late Hittite monument from the 9th century BC.  It was found in 1994 in Yumurtalık town of Adana Province during an excavation for a building construction. Only the upper part of the basalt stele preserved. A late style winged sun is shown on the rounded upper part. Beneath is a male figure, facing to the right, with an undefined objects in his hands. Opposite him is a considerably smaller, seated figure with an elongated object in his hands. According to Dominik Bonatz, it is Syro-Hittite grave monument dated back to the 9th century BC.

Currently it is on display in the Adana Archaeological Museum.

See:

1. Dominik Bonatz: Das syro-hethitische Grabdenkmal. Mainz, von Zabern 200, p. 22.
2. Tayfun Bilgin, Hittites Monuments