page_title: Çineköy inscription
hierarchical_section_title: Çineköy inscription
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Statue eines Wettergottes mit der "Bilingue von Çineköy", im Museum von Adana, Südtürkei
context_page_description: The Çineköy inscription is a Hieroglyphic Luwian-Phoenician bilingual inscription, uncovered in 1997 near Çine, Yüreğir, Adana Province, Turkey. The village of Çine lies 30 km south of Adana.
  The inscription is dated to the 8th century BC. It was originally published in 1998 in the Turkish Müze Kurtarma Kazıları Semineri, and then by Tekoglu and Lemaire. Another important inscription of the same type is known as the Karatepe inscription, which was known earlier. Both of these inscriptions trace the kings of ancient Adana from the "house of Mopsos". He was a legendary king of antiquity.
context_section_description: The Çineköy inscription is a Hieroglyphic Luwian-Phoenician bilingual inscription, uncovered in 1997 near Çine, Yüreğir, Adana Province, Turkey (ancient Cilicia). The village of Çine lies 30 km south of Adana.
  The inscription is dated to the 8th century BC. It was originally published in 1998 in the Turkish Müze Kurtarma Kazıları Semineri, and then by Tekoglu and Lemaire (2000). Another important inscription of the same type is known as the Karatepe inscription, which was known earlier. Both of these inscriptions trace the kings of ancient Adana from the "house of Mopsos" (given in Hieroglyphic Luwian as Muksa and in Phoenician as Mopsos in the form mps). He was a legendary king of antiquity.
caption: The statue, currently in the Adana Archaeology Museum
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