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Surroundings:

Roman cisternGözdağı Öreni ŞapeliGözdagi Öreni KilisesiBarata, Binbirkilise V, groundplan

Location:

  • Türkiye, Eminler
  • geo:37.367863,33.136967
  • Location uncertain

Period or year:

  • -1300~ / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=42425

Annotations

Tarḫuntašša - city of Tarhunta was a Hittite Bronze Age city in Anatolia mentioned in Hittite documents. Tarhuntassa was a capital of Hittite after king Muwatalli II (r.  1291–1272 BC) moved the Hittite capital from Hattusa.His son Mursili III (r. c. 1272–1267 BC)later moved the capital back to Hattusa. Its location is unknown.

See:

  1. https://www.britannica.com/place/Anatolia
  2. Joost Blasweiler, Tarhuntassa, city of the stormgod at the Karadaǧ volcano ?, Arnhem nl) 2015 –  4 Anatolia in the bronze age - https://www.academia.edu/12856389

Nearby

Karadağ Inscriptions

Hittite inscription date to 12th century BC

Roman cistern (1 km)

Roman cistern

Roman Fort Baş Dağ (2 km)

Roman Fort Baş Dağ


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