Karatepe Bilingual
| Karatepe Bilingual | |
|---|---|
| Material | Stone |
| Writing | Phoenician language and Luwian language hieroglyphs |
| Created | 8th century BC |
| Discovered | 1946 |
| Present location | Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum, southern Turkey |
The Karatepe Bilingual (8th century BC), also known as the Azatiwada inscription, is a bilingual inscription on stone slabs consisting of Phoenician language and Luwian language text each, which enabled the decryption of the Anatolian hieroglyphs. The artifacts were discovered at Karatepe, southern Turkey by the archaeologists Helmuth Theodor Bossert (1889–1961) and Halet Çambel (1916–2014) in 1946.
The stones featuring Karatepe Bilingual are situated along with many other statues and reliefs in stone at the Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum, which is in turn part of the Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park.
Placed at the fortress gates, the stones presenting the Karatepe Bilıngıal inscriptions feature the "Call of Azatiwada" in the following text:
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