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Hüseyindede vases
The Hüseyindede vases are Early Hittite polychrome relief vessels found at Hüseyindede Tepe, about 45 km north-east of Boğazköy in Turkey, dated to the 16th century BCE.
Indictment of Madduwatta
The Indictment of Madduwatta is a draft letter of accusation by the Hittite king Arnuwanda I, written in the early fourteenth century BC to his former vassal Madduwatta.
Instructions to temple officials
The Instructions to temple officials, also known as Instructions for temple officials, is a Hittite instruction text (CTH 264) in which the king imposes duties on priests and temple servants.
Kalašma
Kalašma, also written Kalasma, was a land of northern Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age, northwest of the Hittite core area, attested in the annals of Muršili II.
Kaska
The Kaska, also written Kaška or Gašga, were tribal peoples of northern Anatolia and the Hittites' most persistent enemy from the fifteenth to the twelfth century BCE.
Kikkuli text
The Kikkuli text is a Hittite manual for conditioning chariot horses, written by Kikkuli, a horse trainer from the land Mittani, preserved on clay tablets from Hattusa.
Kizzuwatna
Kizzuwatna was a Bronze Age kingdom in the Cilician plain of southeastern Anatolia, a buffer between the Hittites and Mittani before its absorption into the Hittite empire.
Labarna (title)
Labarna, also Tabarna, was a royal title borne by the kings of the Hittite Empire of Anatolia from the early 17th century BC to the empire's end.
Letter of Piha-walwi
The Letter of Piḫa-Walwi is a Hittite diplomatic letter of the New Kingdom period, in which the prince Piḫa-Walwi rebukes King Ibiranu of Ugarit for failing to appear before the Hittite king.
Luwians
The Luwians, also known as Luvians, were an ancient Anatolian people speaking Luwian, an Indo-European language closely related to Hittite, attested from the 16th through the 8th century BCE.
Manapa-Tarhunta Letter
The Manapa-Tarhunta Letter, also called the Manapa-Tarhunda letter, is a Hittite-period letter from the early thirteenth century BC, in which the vassal king Manapa-Tarhunta reports his defeat by Piyamaradu.
Maşat Höyük letters
The Maşat Höyük letters are a Hittite cuneiform archive from the site of Tapigga in north-central Anatolia, mostly letters dating to the early 14th century BC.
Mesedi
The Mesedi was the royal bodyguard corps of the Hittite king, whose chief ranked after the King, Queen, and Crown Prince; four future great kings held the office.
Middle Hittite kingdom
The Middle Hittite kingdom is the modern label for the poorly documented 'dark age' of the Hittite kingdom, from Telipinu's reign to Tudhaliya I's accession in the late 15th century BC.
Milawata letter
The Milawata letter is a fragmentary Hittite clay tablet from the late thirteenth century BC, probably sent by King Tudhaliya IV to Tarkasnawa, king of Mira, in western Anatolia.
Nişantaşı inscription
The Nişantaşı inscription is a lengthy Hieroglyphic Luwian rock inscription carved on the Nişantepe outcrop at Hattusa, Turkey, under the last Hittite king, Suppiluliuma II, and is the longest imperial Hittite hieroglyphic document known.
Palaic language
Palaic is an extinct Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, spoken in the land of Palā in north central Anatolia and attested only in cuneiform ritual fragments from Hattusa.
Palaic peoples
The Palaic peoples were the inhabitants of Palā, a Bronze Age land in north-central Anatolia northwest of the Hittite heartland, known almost entirely through their language.
Plague Prayers of Mursili II
The Plague Prayers of Mursili II are Hittite cuneiform prayers in which King Mursili II asks the gods to end a plague that killed his subjects for twenty years.
Sanga
The sanga was a high-ranking priestly office of Hittite religion, with each sanga dedicated to one of 28 deities and ranked from high priest to lowest.
Seha River Land
The Seha River Land was a Bronze Age kingdom in western Anatolia, part of Arzawa, attested in Hittite texts of the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries BC.
Song of Ullikummi
The Song of Ullikummi is a Hittite mythological text, part of the Kumarbi cycle, telling how Kumarbi fathers a stone monster to destroy the Storm-God Teshub.
Südburg inscription
The Südburg inscription is a six-line Hieroglyphic Luwian royal text carved in a chamber at Boğazköy-Ḫattuša, attributed to King Šuppiluliuma, probably Šuppiluliuma II, in the late 13th century BC.
Tawagalawa letter
The Tawagalawa letter (CTH 181) is a mid-13th-century BC Hittite diplomatic letter, probably from Hattusili III to the king of Ahhiyawa, seeking action against the renegade Piyamaradu.
Tawananna (Hittite office)
The Tawananna, also written Tawannanna, was the title of the Hittite chief priestess, held by the queen alongside the king from about the 17th century BC.
Ten Year Annals of Mursili II
The Ten Year Annals are a Hittite text written in King Mursili II's voice recounting the campaigns of the first ten years of his reign.
Testament of Hattusili I
The Testament of Hattusili I, also called the Political Testament of Hattusili I, is a bilingual Akkadian–Hittite proclamation in which the ailing king names his grandson Mursili I as successor.
Treaty of Hattusili III and Benteshina of Amurru
The Treaty of Hattusili III and Benteshina of Amurru is a Hittite vassal treaty, classified as CTH 92, that restored Benteshina to the throne of Amurru.
Treaty of Kurustaša
The Treaty of Kurustaša, also called the Kuruštama Treaty, is a fragmentary Hittite state treaty naming Egypt, an early treaty of equality between Ḫatti and Egypt.
Treaty of Mursili II with Duppi-Teshub of Amurru
The Treaty of Mursili II with Duppi-Teshub of Amurru, also known as the Treaty with Duppi-Teshub, is a Hittite vassal treaty (CTH 62) confirming Duppi-Teshub as vassal ruler of Amurru around 1321–1295 BC.