worldhistoryfacts:The Kilamuwa inscription, dating to the early first millennium BCE. Kilamuwa was a
worldhistoryfacts:The Kilamuwa inscription, dating to the early first millennium BCE. Kilamuwa was a ruler in eastern modern-day Turkey. The king holds a wilted lotus (a symbol of his dead ancestors) and points toward symbols of the gods. The text, in Phoenecian, praises his dynasty’s achievements and threatens divine curses against anyone who defaces the inscription. -- source link