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A Hittite seal from Kavuşan Höyük

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Lorenzo d'Alfonso
Lorenzo d'Alfonso
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University of Pavia
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Abstract

A Hittite seal was found recently in a cinerary urn, as a grave-good of a child, in the Iron Age cremation cemetery at Kavuşan Höyük, in the upper Tigris region. This article attempts to read the inscription on the seal and to discuss its date and place of production. The reading of the name of the owner of the seal, written in Anatolian Hieroglyphic, remains problematic because of the uncertainty of the phonetic value of sign *177. Tentatively, one can read it Ḫatanu. On the basis of some parallels, the author suggests that the seal could have been produced locally in the southern region of the Hittite Empire, and that, therefore, on the basis of historic considerations, it should date to the second half of the 14th century BC.

Özet

Yukarı Dicle bölgesindeki Kavuşan Höyük'de bulunan Demir Çağı kremasyon mezarlığında, kısa süre önce bir çocuk mezarında, bir urne içinde bir adet Hitit mührü bulunmuştur. Bu makalede, mührün üzerindeki yazıtın okunmasına, üretim tarihinin ve üretim yerinin saptanmasına çalışılmıştır. Mührün sahibinin ismi Anadolu resim yazısıyla yazılmış olup, çözümlenmesi *177 işaretinin fonetik değerinin kesin olmaması nedeniyle tartışmalıdır. Kesin olmamakla birlikte, isim Hatanu olarak okunabilir. Yazar, bazı benzerlerine de dayanarak bu mührün Hitit İmparatorluğu'nun güney kesiminde yerel olarak üretildiğini ve bu nedenle tarihsel etkenlere dayanarak M.Ö. 14. yy.' ın ikinci yarısına tarihlenmesi gerektiğini öne sürmektedir.

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Research Article
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Anatolian Studies , Volume 60 , December 2010 , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2010

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