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Surroundings:

Hieroglyphics, Nisantas, HattusaHattusa, Temple VII, ground planHattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II)Hattusa - City Gate - SfinxHattusaHattusa - North part of the cityHattusaHattusaHattusaThe HattusaThe Hattusa - The Hittite imperial city - reconstructionHattusa - Lion GateHattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II) - descriptionHattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II)Hattusa, Temple VI, ground planHattusa, Temple II, ground planHattusa, Temenos Temple VHattusa, Temple IV, ground planHattusa, Temple III, ground planThe House on the SlopeEgyptian green stone- altar?The Archives of HattusasIn the archive of HattusaLion Gate, HattusaLions` Gate of Hattusa

Location:

  • Türkiye, Boğazkale
  • geo:40.013191,34.618511
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -800~ / unknown

Class:

  • Castle
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=24115

Annotations

The southern castle consists of the remains of the wall of a Phrygian fortification. The site is known, however, because of a chamber excavated underneath with an inscription in Luwian hieroglyphics, which is one of the latest documents from the time of the Hittite Empire.

See:

  1. John David Hawkins,Hittite Monuments and Their Sanctity, in: Sacred Landscapes of Hittites and Luwians: Proceedings of the International Conference in Honour of Franca Pecchioli Daddi Florence, February 6th-8th 2014, p. 4-6

Relevant museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums


Nearby

Hattusa (Hattuşaş)

Southern citadel - entry gate

Hieroglyph Chamber, Hattusa [Chamber II]

Hattuşaş - Inscriptions at the Chamber II.

Hattusa, Chamber I

Small shrine at the upper citadel near the "sacred pool". XIIIth centurey BC.


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