In addition to numerous fabricated documents the estate of the British prehistorian James Mellaart (1925–2012) also contained Mellaart’s tracing of several Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions, including a particular prominent one. Mellaart said this inscription was found in 1878 in the village of Beyköy, approximately 34 kilometers north of Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey. A number of stones made up a frieze about 29 meters in length and 35 centimeters in height. It evidently took a few attempts until the correct sequence of the elements was established. The inscription contains 50 phrases and would thus rank as the longest known Bronze Age hieroglyphic document. It says that it had been commissioned by great king Kupantakuruntas of Mira to commemorate his deeds, and in so doing it provides a detailed account of his realm and conquests. The text dates back to the upheavals of the Sea Peoples, ca. 1190–1180 BC. It relates the maritime conquests in the eastern Mediterranean under the command of great prince Muksus from the Troad. The western Anatolian naval forces proceeded all the way to Ashkelon in southern Palestine, bordering on Egypt.
Zangger et al. (Mon,) studied this question.