Archäologische Forschungen am Karacadağ und eine hieroglyphenluwische Inschrift aus Karaören

Abstract

This essay presents a partial report of surveys on the Karacadağ (Konya), which have been carried out since 2016 due to the find of a fragment of a hieroglyphic Luwian inscription from the 13th century BC at the village of Karaören. The results of the survey allow a holistic understanding of the material and topographic conditions which led to the writing, re-use and then find of the inscription. The inscription is presented and a possible historical-geographical framework both of this and of other related texts is explained, whereby it seems probable that there was an important military-strategic border here. The survey and associated ethnographic research established the importance of the freshwater springs on the Karacadağ, as well as the continuous re-use of stones attesting a profound cultural memory that runs from the Hittite period through a populous Byzantine occupation up until modern applications by the inhabitants of the Karacadağ.

Preliminary Report on the Eight Season of the Konya Ereğli, Karapınar, Halkapınar and Emirgazi Survey Project (KEYAR) 2020

“…Both inscriptions -Karaören 1 and 2 -date to the Late Bronze Age, probably the time period of Tuthaliya IV (13 th c. BC). Karaören 1 mentions a military campaign to the West (Maner, Weeden & Alparslan, 2021) and Karaören 2 also mentions military campaigns and the cult related to Mount Sarpa. 5 Karaören 1 and Karaören 2 are probably parts of a larger inscribed block, which was discovered in Emirgazi, and is known as Emirgazi 2.…”