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08-Sep-2012 Dick Osseman

Ankara 08092012_3437.jpg

A royal banquet scene, probably of a ritual nature. From Arslantepe (7 km northeast of modern Malatya).
Relief from Milid / Arslantepe (7 km northeast of modern Malatya). Neo-Hittite sculpture in traditional style.
Above the scene there is a hieroglyphic Luwian inscription.

Luwian is an ancient language or group of languages of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The two varieties of Luwian are named for the scripts that they were written in: Cuneiform Luwian (CLuwian) and Hieroglyphic Luwian (HLuwian). As to whether these were one language or two, there is no consensus. Luwian is closely related to Hittite

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen
Sources: Website of ‘hittitemonuments.com’ & Wikipedia.

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