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189: 304:, Koc Universitesi Digital Collections: "...Analytical commentary on the Anitta text (CTH 1.A, edited in StBoT 18, 1974), earliest genuinely historical text found at Boğazköy and oldest known text in the Hittite language. Its authorship is attributed to Anitta, son of Pithana and a king of Kussara...whose name appears on an inscription on a dagger found in Kültepe. Emmanuel Laroche classifies this tablet in the category of historical texts prior to the imperial period (Catalogue des textes Hittites, No. 1)..." 28: 347:"...Archi (2015) plausibly argues that this text was originalllly composed in the Akkadian language and written down in the Old Assyrian script during the time when Anitta, a king of local Anatolian origin ruled Kanesh/Nesa while the Assurite trading colonies were still operating in Anatolia." 177:
Anitta's name appears on an inscription on a dagger found in Kültepe and also, together with the name of his father, on various Kültepe texts, as well as in later Hittite tradition.
315:"A Hittite scribal tradition predating the tablet collections of Ḫattuša?: The origin of the ‘cushion-shaped’ tablets KBo 3.22, KBo 17.21+, KBo 22.1, and KBo 22.2." 135:, when Assur colonies were still in Anatolia. This text seems to represent a cuneiform record of Anitta's inscriptions at Kanesh too, perhaps compiled by 387:
S. P. B. Durnford, J. R. Akeroyd: Anatolian marashanha and the many uses of Fennel. In: Anatolian Studies. London 55.2005, 1-13. ISSN 0066-1546
426: 330:, in: Hittitology Today: "...Finally the Deeds of Anitta in the Hittite language also refer to him once as LUGAL.GAL (KBo 3.22 obv. 41)..." 416: 131:, it is considered by Alfonso Archi as originally written in Akkadian language and Old Assyrian script, at the time Anitta ruled from 495: 317:, in: Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie Und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, 109(2), p. 190: "...KBo 3.22 (the Anitta-text, CTH 1)..." 340: 421: 817: 372: 314: 107:, reigned c. 1740–1725 BC, or alternatively c. 1730-1715 BC (low middle chronology), and is the author of the 112: 301: 239: 488: 431: 222: 812: 202: 124: 84:, a city that has yet to be identified. He is the earliest known ruler to compose a text in the 481: 364: 358: 741: 504: 280: 267: 8: 174:. He then destroyed the city, sowed the ground with weeds, and laid a curse on the site. 123:, also classified as "cushion-shaped" tablet KBo 3.22, being the oldest known text in an 787: 368: 104: 77: 747: 327: 822: 120: 85: 188: 268:"The Authorship of the Old Hittite Palace Chronicle (CTH 8): A Case for Anitta" 806: 782: 772: 735: 170:
and then conquered his capital at the site of the future Hittite capital of
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indicates that Anitta's father conquered Neša (Kanesh,
396: 341:"Encounters between Scripts in Bronze Age Asia Minor" 270:, in Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Volume 72 (2020). 184: 804: 339:Rieken, Elisabeth, and Ilia Yakubovich, (2023). 313:Kloekhorst, Alwin, and Willemijn Waal, (2019). 251: 489: 399:Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC 363:. London and New York: Routledge. pp.  496: 482: 256:. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 145. 158:. During his own reign, Anitta defeated 119:18, 1974), the oldest known text in the 242:, Koc Universitesi Digital Collections. 139:, one of the earliest Hittite kings of 805: 477: 356: 328:"The Luwian Title of the Great King" 254:Mesopotamia: The Old Assyrian Period 13: 422:The Hittite occupation of Anatolia 14: 834: 503: 410: 187: 26: 390: 381: 360:The Ancient Near East, Volume I 350: 300:Gonnet-Bağana, Hatice, (2015). 238:Gonnet-Bağana, Hatice, (2015). 649:c. mid-to-late 15th century BC 397:William James Hamblin (2006). 333: 320: 307: 294: 273: 260: 245: 232: 215: 1: 701: 581: 522: 525:23rd–18th centuries BC 162:, the last recorded king of 98: 76:, reigned ca. 1740–1725 BC ( 32:Bronze dagger of king Anitta 7: 266:Kloekhorst, Alwin, (2020). 180: 10: 839: 427:Kültepe-dagger inscription 326:Yakubovich, Ilya, (2017). 127:altogether. Also known as 693: 641: 573: 511: 456: 447: 439: 401:. Routledge. p. 293. 103:Anitta, according to the 57: 47: 37: 25: 18: 818:18th-century BC monarchs 707:–12th centuries BC 587:–15th centuries BC 461:Next known title holder: 252:Klaas R Veenhof (2008). 208: 203:History of the Hittites 357:Kuhrt, Amélie (1995). 166:, and the Hattic king 125:Indo-European language 91:His high official, or 742:Tudḫaliya the Younger 80:), and was a king of 454:ca. 18th century BC 95:, was named Peruwa. 800: 799: 796: 795: 689: 688: 637: 636: 569: 568: 472: 471: 223:"Reign of Anitta" 105:middle chronology 78:middle chronology 67: 66: 830: 813:Kings of Kussara 706: 703: 698: 697: 646: 645: 586: 583: 578: 577: 524: 519: 518: 498: 491: 484: 475: 474: 440:Preceded by 437: 436: 404: 402: 394: 388: 385: 379: 378: 354: 348: 337: 331: 324: 318: 311: 305: 298: 292: 290: 289:: Uni. 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