The Akkadian and Sumerian Texts from Ortakoy-sapinuwa
Ortakoy-sapinuwa'dan Akadca ve Sumerce Metinler
by Daniel Schwemer and Aygul Suel
The Hittite site near the town Ortakoy (Corum Province, Turkey) has been the subject of archaeological investigations since 1990 and has produced a large number of cuneiform text finds from the Early Empire period of the Hittite kingdom (14th cent. BCE). The texts show that the site is to be identified with the Hittite city of sapinuwa, which served as royal residence and capital of the Hittite kingdom during the reign of Tuthaliya II. In the present volume Aygul Suel, the director of the excavations, and Daniel Schwemer publish the Akkadian and Sumerian tablets and fragments from Ortakoy-sapinuwa, which were mainly found in the palace archives of sapinuwa. The texts display the full range of motivations and contexts of writing Akkadian and Sumerian in Hittite Anatolia, including Sumerian lexical texts and Akkadian literary fragments of primarily scholastic interest, Akkadian devotional texts that were adapted for the religious practice of the Hittite royal family, as well as fragments of the Akkadian diplomatic correspondence of the Hittite king. The volume is bilingual and offers all texts in English and in Turkish.
- By (author) Daniel Schwemer
- By (author) Aygul Suel
Other Titles in this Series
Boğazköy Tablets in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Bo 95–Bo 3993)
Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesinde Bulunan Boğazköy Tabletleri (Bo 95–Bo 3993)
Volume 3
Boğazköy Tablets in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Bo 9032–Bo 9097)
Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesinde Bulunan Boğazköy Tabletleri (Bo 9032–Bo 9097)
Volume 4
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