Bogazköy Archive
The Bogazkoy archives are a collection of texts found on the site of the capital of the Hittite state, the city of Hattusas (now Bogazkoy in Turkey). They are the oldest extant documents of the state, and they are believed to have been created in the 2nd millennium BC. The archive contains approximately 25,000 tablets.[1]
Content[]
The archive contains royal annals, treaties, political correspondence, legal, texts, inventory texts, along with the instructions texts related with the administration, mythological texts, and religious text.[2]
Language[]
Most tablets were found to be written in the Hittite language. However, some of the tablets are written in Hurrian, and a few paragraphs of the tablets are written in Hattic. Akkadian is also a common language, though it is mashed with Hurrian and Hittite.[3] Another language found in the texts is Assyrian.[4] Given that the writing is mostly in cuneiform, there are Sumerograms interspersed throughout the texts regardless of language.
Discovery[]
The discovery of the Bogazkoy Archives occurred in 1906, when Hugo Winckler and Theodore Makridi discovered the archive.[2]
Studying[]
- Hans Ehelohf wrote "Hans Ehelohf and the Bogazköy Archive in Berlin" after years of studying and translating.[5]
- Hans Gustav Güterbock studied the archive and wrote multiple books about it for over 60 years.[5]
References[]
- ^ "The Hittite cuneiform tablets from Bogazköy". UNESCO. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ a b Cem p.1
- ^ Cem p.2
- ^ "Boğazköy | Turkey". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ a b Holland, Thomas A.; Urban, Thomas G. "Assyriological studies" (PDF). Assyriological Studies. 26: Preface – via Oriental Institute (Chicago).
Bibliography[]
- Karusu, Cem. Some remarks on archive-library/Systems of hattusa-yîoğazköy (PDF). doi:10.1501/Archv_0000000039. S2CID 195978847 – via Semantic Scholar.
- Clay tablets
- Hittite texts