Comparative PIE phoneme inventory an IE sound law system digitised. Reading some Hieroglyphic Luwian while introducing improvements on PIE. Tweets @JounaPyysalo
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Hittite Mountain God Statue electrum (a gold-silver alloy): The iconography mixes elements of portrayals of the Storm-Gods, and so one can interpret it also as Tarhunza/Teshub, but the scales making the long kilt definitely point to a Mountain-God:
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6 Dec 2025
Great King Hartapu’s royal cartouches from the Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions, including the recently found TÜRKMEN-KARAHÖYÜK 1:
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A 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet from Kultepe Kanesh-Karum, preserved inside a mud envelope, is on display at Kayseri Archaeology Museum after researchers read its contents without breaking the seal.
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Jun 12
Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a cuneiform tablet recording the peace treaty between Ramesses II and Ḫattušili III—popularly known as the Treaty of Kadesh—ca. 1259 BCE. Displayed in the Istanbul Airport Museum. Photo credit: Jessica Nitschke.
#Archaeology #Egyptian #Hittite
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KIZILDAĞ 1 portrays Great King Hartapu sitting on his throne: A tiny inscription offering his (flanking) royal cartouche: HLu. MAGNUS.REX há ra-tá-pu-sa MAGNUS.REX: He is wearing a crown and holding a sceptre (staff) on his left hand (in his right hand he holds an offering bowl):
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Jun 7
New Study Links Göbekli Tepe’s Vulture Stone to Europe’s Trypillia Culture
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A larger photo of Great King Suppiluliuma, portrayed as a protection god opposite the SÜDBURG inscription (BOĞAZKÖY 20). As it has text (a cartouche) it could also be designated as SÜDBURG 2 (or BOĞAZKÖY 20B). He is the guardian of the (DEUS)VIA.TERRA mentioned in the text.
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More than 10,000 cuneiform tablets discovered in the archives of the Bronze Age city of Hattusha in Anatolia contain detailed instructions on how to properly conduct over 100 different festivals honoring the gods.
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The gear of the Great King Šuppiluliuma (his divine identity was a protection god) tells really something about him – and the Hittites: It is exceptional how the king is portrayed with spear, bow and sword not unlike an ordinary warrior – Only the crown really tells his position
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The bulla of Šuppiluliuma II Labarna, Great King, After him there are no Great Kings in Ḫattuša, i.e. he was to be the last king of the Hittites before they put the capital to the torch and left: Their destination remains unknown...
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Kurunti, MAGNUS.REX HEROS, muwa-tà-[li] MAGNUS.REX HEROS MANUS.VIR2 ‘Kurunta, the Great King, Hero, Muwattalli (II)’s, Great King’s, Hero’s, son.
The Hieroglyphic Luwian HATIP inscription of Great King Kurunta in a drawing of Ehringhaus (the MAGNUS signs were actually erased):
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ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA — 2025
Part of the "Czech Footprints in the World" series, the stamp commemorates Bedřich Hrozný (1879-1952), orientalist and linguist who contributed to the decipherment of the Hittite language and identified it as an Indo-European language. #LinguistsOnStamps
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May 29
The İvriz relief in Konya, Türkiye dates to the 8th century BC, centuries after the Bronze Age Hittite Empire.
It shows Warpalawa of Tuwana and the Luwian weather god Tarhunzas.
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29 Nov 2025
The deity on the back wall of the Chamber 2 of Südburg complex in Ḫattuša has been perplexing me for five years, but finally I feel there is a parallel.
The God has the winged-sun-disc above his head and he holds the sign VITA ‘life’ (Egyptian Ankh) in his hand as you can see:
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The seal of Great King Arnuwanda III, BoHa 23.138. He is portrayed as a Mountain God, the personified Mountain Arnuwanda: The Storm-Gods and the Mountain-Gods were kind of the same thing, because storms and mountains created fertilising rain causing the vegetation, life to grow.
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Astarte plaque from Tell Atchana in Hatay, ancient Alalakh.
Dated to 1570–1500 BC, the object was likely used as a votive offering and may depict a nude votive goddess. It is generally associated with Astarte.
British Museum, London
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The seal of Great King Kurunta (BoHa 23.136) found in Boghazköy-Hattusha:
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7 Dec 2025
Hittite Mountain God Statue electrum (a gold-silver alloy): The iconography mixes elements of portrayals of the Storm-Gods, and so one can interpret it also as Tarhunza/Teshub, but the scales making the long kilt definitely point to a Mountain-God:
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For more than half a century, Canhasan sat on the edge of one of archaeology’s biggest Neolithic stories, known but not fully understood.
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The memory of Japanese archaeologist Dr. Sachihiro Omura, who spent much of his life uncovering Anatolia’s ancient past through excavations in central Türkiye, is being kept alive in Kirsehir one year after his death.
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3,500-Year-Old Hittite Seal Found in Western Türkiye May Rewrite Bronze Age Anatolia’s Political Map
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