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Emil Forrer

Swiss Assyriologist who in 1919 sorted the Boğazköy tablets into eight languages and isolated Hattic 1894–1986.

Emil Forrer is swiss Hittitologist (1894-1986) who first distinguished the languages of the Hittite archives and named the prefixing one Proto-Hittite, now Hattic. (1894–1986), and appears in the record of Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives as swiss Assyriologist who in 1919 sorted the Boğazköy tablets into eight languages and isolated Hattic.

One event on the site involves Forrer: Emil Forrer sorts the Boğazköy tablets into eight languages and names the prefixing one Proto-Hittite (1919).

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Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives
Swiss Assyriologist who in 1919 sorted the Boğazköy tablets into eight languages and isolated Hattic · 1 event
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Mysteries Department. (2026). Emil Forrer [Person FIG0DEDRXYKY4NA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDRXYKY4NA
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