Kuttamuwa stele
| Kuttamuwa stele | |
|---|---|
The Kuttamuwa stele in the Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology | |
| Material | Basalt |
| Size | 3 ft × 2 ft (0.91 m × 0.61 m) |
| Weight | 800 lb (360 kg) |
| Writing | Phoenician |
| Created | 8th century BCE |
| Period/culture | Iron Age |
| Discovered | 2008 Sam'al |
The Kuttamuwa stele is an 800-pound (360 kg) basalt funerary stele with an Aramaic inscription referring to Kuttamuwa, an 8th-century BCE royal official. It was found in Sam'al, in southeastern Turkey, in 2008, by the Neubauer Expedition of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
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