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Document Details : Title: The Luwian Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Karkamis A1a and Kırşehir Author(s): WOUDHUIZEN, Fred C. Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 23 Date: 2024 Pages: 43-68 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.23.0.3293566 Abstract : In this contribution the Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions Karkamis A1a (monumental) and Kırşehir (letter) will be discussed. In the edition of these texts the main historical issues are not fully grasped. Thus Karkamis A1a deals with, apart from religious and testimonial matters, military campaigns by Sukhis II, a contemporary of the Karkmisian king Tudkhaliyas V who ruled in the third quarter of the 10th century BC, in the regions of Barga, Alalakh, and Aram (= the later Bit Agusi) to the west of Karkamis which were part of his fief. Similarly, the Kırşehir lead letter is also of military nature. Its author, Muwatalis was the commander of a frontier outpost of Wasusarmas of Tabal, who ruled during the two decades after the middle of the 8th century BC, in Phrygian territory on the other side of the Marassantiya (= classical Halys) river. In the letter he asked for reinforcements – in vain, as we may conclude from the fact that the letter was never sent but buried on the spot when the frontier outpost succumbed to enemy attack. |
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