Kesecek Köyü inscription

The Kesecek Köyü inscription is a 4th century BCE Aramaic inscription originally located on the cliffs overlooking the Berdan River near the village of Kesecek Köyü about 25-35 km north-east of Tarsus, Mersin.

[1][2] It is similar in nature to the Sarıaydın inscription.

[3] One interpretation following clues from the Daskyleion inscription: This relief NNŠT erected before ˀDRSWN to the end that he protect the tomb which belongs to him, and whoever does injury to this relief, let Śahar and Šamaš require (it) of him.

[4] The inscription measures 46 cm wide by 30 cm high.

It is currently at the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale.