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  • Türkiye, Boğazkale
  • geo:40.013058,34.617542

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  • -1200~ / unknown

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  • altar
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Nisantas, Hattusa

data access 24116

Inscriptions in Luvian hieroglyphs at Nişantaş, dates to Şuppiluliuma II (ruling c. 1207–1178 BC) at  the base of Nisantepe in the Upper City of Hattusa.

See:

  1. James G. Macqueen, The Hittites: And Their Contemporaries in Asia Minor, rev. eds., London, Thames and Hudson 1986, pp.23-24
  2. Gary Beckman, Constructing Sacred Space in Hittite Anatolia, in: Heaven on Earth: Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World eds.Deena Ragavan, OIS 9, Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 2013, pp. 153-173

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-01-05) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/24116
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Nisantas, Hattusa. https://vici.org/vici/24116, accessed 2026-11-10.