Research Article

An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2

Volume: 30 November 11, 2025
  • Belkıs Dinçol
  • Massimo Poetto
  • Ali Dinçol
  • Hasan Peker *
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An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2

Abstract

In this article, the first edition of an unpublished Luwian inscription (İVRİZ 2) on a lower part – upper part lost or destroyed – of limestone stele, which was found in İvriz (today Aydınkent), Ereğli-Konya in 1986, now kept in Ereğli Museum, of the 8th century BCE is presented. The author of the inscription is Warpalawa, Tuwanean King, son of Muwaharani I. It was revealed in the text that the name of İvriz spring was Salusa (Sallusa in cuneiform sources). The Anatolian hieroglyphic Luwian text occupies on the obverse (A) in front of the Tarhunza relief, on the upper half of the reverse (C) and upper part of the right narrow side (D) of the stele and the badly damaged Phoenician text covers the left side (B), lower part of reverse (*C) and lower part of right narrow side (*D). The Phoenician inscription presumably bilingual to the Luwian text or its shorter version.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Old Anatolian History

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Belkıs Dinçol This is me
Türkiye

Massimo Poetto This is me
Italy

Ali Dinçol This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

November 11, 2025

Submission Date

September 1, 2025

Acceptance Date

September 24, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 30

APA
Dinçol, B., Poetto, M., Dinçol, A., & Peker, H. (2025). An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2. Gephyra, 30, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1776321
AMA
1.Dinçol B, Poetto M, Dinçol A, Peker H. An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2. GEPHYRA. 2025;30:1-12. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1776321
Chicago
Dinçol, Belkıs, Massimo Poetto, Ali Dinçol, and Hasan Peker. 2025. “An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2”. Gephyra 30 (November): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1776321.
EndNote
Dinçol B, Poetto M, Dinçol A, Peker H (November 1, 2025) An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2. Gephyra 30 1–12.
IEEE
[1]B. Dinçol, M. Poetto, A. Dinçol, and H. Peker, “An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2”, GEPHYRA, vol. 30, pp. 1–12, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.1776321.
ISNAD
Dinçol, Belkıs - Poetto, Massimo - Dinçol, Ali - Peker, Hasan. “An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2”. Gephyra 30 (November 1, 2025): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1776321.
JAMA
1.Dinçol B, Poetto M, Dinçol A, Peker H. An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2. GEPHYRA. 2025;30:1–12.
MLA
Dinçol, Belkıs, et al. “An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2”. Gephyra, vol. 30, Nov. 2025, pp. 1-12, doi:10.37095/gephyra.1776321.
Vancouver
1.Belkıs Dinçol, Massimo Poetto, Ali Dinçol, Hasan Peker. An Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscription on a Stele of Tarhunza from Ereğli (Konya): İVRİZ 2. GEPHYRA. 2025 Nov. 1;30:1-12. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1776321