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British Museum (Apr-2005) 192

Inscribed basalt doorjamb Neo-Hittite, about 880 BC, from Carchemish
 
In the Luwian hieroglyphic inscription Katuwa, king of Carchemish, claims to have re-established the goddess Kubaba as queen of Carchemish. This was the eastern jamb of a gateway on the monumental stairway up to the citadel.


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