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Hattusa (Boğazköy)
Hittite capital; findspot of almost all Hattic texts and of the Kalašma tablet
Hattusa is a city in the record of Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives, placed to about 1 km.
Three events on the site happened here, between 1199 and 2023: The Hittite capital is abandoned and its tablet archives, with the Hattic texts, are buried, and later Würzburg announces a new Anatolian language on a tablet from Hattusa, Bo 2023/12.
The Kalašma tablet Bo 2023/12 was found on the north-west slope of Büyükkale, between Büyükkale and Ambarlıkaya.
Written from the site's records. Improve itPlaced from Wikidata Q181007 coordinates, which agree with the site's existing Hattusa record (PLC0D464EXJ11VF) · Placed to about 1 kmOpen the mystery's map
In the mysteries
Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives
The mystery Hittite capital; findspot of almost all Hattic texts and of the Kalašma tablet · 3 events
Which Anatolian language is written on the Kalašma tablet, and can its recitation be translated?Open: 3 answers, none ahead
How much of the Hattic corpus can be read, and how far can the bilinguals and quasi-bilinguals be extended?No evidence yet: No evidence yet
What happened here 3
Nearby within 500 km
here
37 km NE
150 km W
Gordion, with the Midas Mound tumulus
228 km Warchaeological site
267 km W
Sayburç
475 km SEarchaeological site under a village
People 1
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Hattusa (Boğazköy) [Place PLC0DEDR9WMCG62]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDR9WMCG62
@misc{mysteriesdept_plc0dedr9wmcg62,
title = {Hattusa (Boğazköy)},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Place, catalog key PLC0DEDR9WMCG62},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDR9WMCG62}
}