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]