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English: A hieroglyphic relief of Tudhaliya (IV) at the Hittite sanctuary of Yazilikaya, Turkey. It is situated in Chamber B, at the intersection with Chamber C, right by the pedestal of the now-missing large figure sculpture. The figure in the middle depicts a mountain god (representing a mountain, MONS in Latin, (which is easily recognisable by spiky skirt which he wears) standing on the heiroglyphic symbol for the syllable "-tu". MONS-tu = "Tudhaliya". On either side of this figure stand the symbols for the royal title "Labarna", and on either side of that stand the two symbols that make up "Great King" Sitting over the whole is a winged sun disk, representing the royal title "My Sun". It reads as 'The Great King Tudhaliya, My Sun.'
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