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The Kilamuwa Stele is a 9th-century BC stele of King Kilamuwa, from the Kingdom of Sam'al. He claims to have succeeded where his ancestors had failed, in providing for his kingdom.〔Kerrigan, ''The Ancients in Their Own Words'', King Kilamuwa, p. 154-155.〕 The Kilamuwa Stele was discovered during the 1888-1902 German Oriental Society expeditions led by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey.〔Felix von Luschan et al, Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli. vol. 1: Einleitung und Inschriften, Spemann, 1893〕〔Felix von Luschan and Carl Humann and Robert Koldewey, Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli. vol. 2: Ausgrabungsbericht und Architektur, Spemann, 1898〕〔Felix von Luschan, Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli. vol. 3: Thorsculpturen, Georg Reimer, 1902〕〔Felix von Luschan and Gustav Jacoby, Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli. vol. 4: Georg Reimer, 1911〕〔Felix von Luschan and Walter Andrae, Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli. vol. 5: Die Kleinfunde von Sendschirli, Walter de Gruyter, 1943〕 It is currently located in the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin. ==Description of the stele== The stele is a 16-line text in the Phoenician language and written in an Old Aramaic form of the Phoenician alphabet.〔(The Kilamuwa Relief: Ethnicity, class and power in Iron Age North Syria ), quote: "The inscription is in the Phoenician language, while the letters themselves are in an Aramaic script. This stands in sharp contrast to most inscriptions in the North Syrian region at this time, which were in Luwian or, more rarely, in Aramaic."〕 King Kilamuwa is shown standing on the upper left and addressing four god-insignias-(Canaanite gods) with his right arm and finger. His left hand is draped at his left side holding a wilted lotus flower, a symbol of a king's death.〔Kerrigan, p. 154.〕 He is dressed in king's regalia with hat, and his figure stands at the beginning of the first nine lines of the text. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kilamuwa Stela」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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