On the one hand it has been suggested that the Hittites made conscious changes to the logograms used in the cuneiform script using a variety of resources. On the other hand some scholars, including myself, have continued to accept, either as a default position or with a thorough theoretical grounding, that deviations from regular…[Read more]

This summary article presents the epigraphic finds from Biikliikale from 2010-14 with the exception of the cuneiform text BKT 1, which has already been published elsewhere (Weeden 2013).

Abstract: The publication of a hieroglyphic inscription found at Türkmenkarahöyük in the Konya region and the associated survey-work in the area have raised numerous questions about the location of the city of Tarhuntassa, the aftermath of the Hittite Empire and the dating of the Hieroglyphic inscriptions which men- tion a king called Hartapu. In…[Read more]

Review of types of scribal interaction between Hittite Anatolia and Syria and first steps towards a taxonomy of the sorts of contexts under which new sign-forms might have made their way into the Hittite cuneiform sign-repertoire.

Presentation of historical geography of area between Alaca and Zile during the Hittite period (Late Bronze Age).

Summary of philological evidence for Hittite Geography regarding KIzzuwatna and the Euphrates States.

Edition of cuneiform tablet excavated at Büklükale on the western Kızılırmak in 2010.