Niğde Stele

It depicts the weather god Tarhunzas, holding an axe and a thunderbolt in his raised hands.

A very similar depiction of the same god appears on the relief in the village of Gökbez, some 22 km to the south.

The winged solar disk, a traditional symbol of the ruler, hovers over his head.

On the right edge of the stone block is an inscription in Luwian hieroglyphs, recording the dedication of the stele to Tarhunzas by king Muwaharanis, the son of king Warpalawas: This Tarhunzas Muwaharanis [ma]de (?

[1]Muwaharanis succeeded his father Warpalawas on the throne of the late Luwian kingdom of Tuwana, a successor state of the Hittite Tuwanuwa [de], in the southern part of the modern Niğde Province.

Detail
Hieroglyphic inscription