page_title: Karatepe bilingual
hierarchical_section_title: Karatepe bilingual
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Karatepe (Asatiwataya), neo-hethitischer Fundort bei Osmaniye, Südtürkei, phönizische Schrift, Teil der Bilingue von Karatepe
context_page_description: The Karatepe bilingual, also known as the Azatiwada inscription, is a bilingual inscription on stone slabs consisting of Phoenician and Luwian text each, which enabled the decryption of the Anatolian hieroglyphs. The artifacts were discovered at Karatepe, southern Turkey by the archaeologists Helmuth Theodor Bossert and Halet Çambel in 1946.
  The stones featuring the Karatepe bilingual are situated along with many other statues and reliefs in stone at the Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum, which is in turn part of the Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park.
  The inscription is known as KAI 26.
context_section_description: The Karatepe bilingual (8th century BC), also known as the Azatiwada inscription, is a bilingual inscription on stone slabs consisting of Phoenician and Luwian text each, which enabled the decryption of the Anatolian hieroglyphs. The artifacts were discovered at Karatepe, southern Turkey by the archaeologists Helmuth Theodor Bossert (1889–1961) and Halet Çambel (1916–2014) in 1946.
  The stones featuring the Karatepe bilingual are situated along with many other statues and reliefs in stone at the Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum, which is in turn part of the Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park.
  The inscription is known as KAI 26.
caption: Phoenician script part of the Karatepe bilingual at the North Gate.
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