Luwian hieroglyphic inscription
- Title:
- Luwian hieroglyphic inscription
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Date:
- ca. 830 BCE
2008 (image)
- Site:
- Hama (Syria) (original)
- Location:
- Goldwin Smith Hall (Room B44), Cornell University
previously, Warehouse
Hama (Syria) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0157
- Accession Number:
- No. 1, cast of inscription on in the garden of Omar ibh Shei...Hassan near the Northern gate called gate... Hamath now in the Ottoman Museum, Constantinople (very broken)
157 - File Name:
- CCC_0157.tif
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster
- Subject:
- Building inscription of Uratmis son of Urhilina, king of Hamath
- Measurement:
- 63 x 55.5 (centimeters, length x width)
- Description:
- Building inscription of Uratmis son of Urhilina, king of Hamath.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
Inventory no. 7690 - Bibliography:
- John David Hawkins, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions. Volume 1: Inscriptions of the Iron Age (Berlin, 2000) Pt. 2, pp. 411-414 and Pt. 3, Plates 221-222.
- Repository:
- Istanbul, Museum of the Ancient Orient
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.