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title: Hittite Basalt Stela Showing Goddess Kubaba
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5617/hittite-basalt-stela-showing-goddess-kubaba/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Hittite Basalt Stela Showing Goddess Kubaba
_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5617.jpg)
## Image Caption
The upper part is a freestanding basalt monument depicting the goddess Kubaba, consort of the storm [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) Teshub, and one of the most important deities at Carchemish. She holds a mirror and pomegranate, symbols of magic and fertility. Neo-[Hittite](https://www.worldhistory.org/hittite/), 9th century BCE. From Birecik, near Carchemish. The lower part is a basalt stela's base with Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions. On the right side of the base is the name of an official. He claims, in the main inscription, that "No-one used to fill \[the goddess\] Kubaba's granary but she made house-lord and I filled it with cereal and wine". On the left side is a sun symbol. Luwian, a language related to Hittite, was used in the Neo-Hittite regions of [Syria](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/) in the 1st millennium BCE. Neo-Hittite, 9th century BCE. From Yusuf Beg, near Carchemish. (The British Museum, London).
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## About the Author
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work
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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, September 07). Hittite Basalt Stela Showing Goddess Kubaba. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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### MLA
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