# Hattusa · Place > Hittite capital; findspot of almost all Hattic texts and of the Kalašma tablet. In Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/places/PLC0DEDR9WMCG62/hattusa-bogazkoy Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)[Places](https://mysteriesdept.com/places)Hattusa Place · city · in 1 mystery # Hattusa (Boğazköy) Hittite capital; findspot of almost all Hattic texts and of the Kalašma tablet [Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)[3 events][40.0200° N, 34.6150° E] 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 it](https://mysteriesdept.com/developers) Placed from Wikidata Q181007 coordinates, which agree with the site's existing Hattusa record (PLC0D464EXJ11VF) · Placed to about 1 km[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages#map) ## In the mysteries **Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives** Hittite capital; findspot of almost all Hattic texts and of the Kalašma tablet · 3 events [The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages) [Which Anatolian language is written on the Kalašma tablet, and can its recitation be translated?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWKB75KT7/which-anatolian-language-is-written-on-the-kalasma-tablet)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?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWK15WAZY/how-much-of-the-hattic-corpus-can-be-read-and-how-far-can)No evidence yet: No evidence yet ## What happened here 3 -1199[The Hittite capital is abandoned and its tablet archives, with the Hattic texts, are buried](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/events/EVT0DEDSQ3KFRAQ/the-hittite-capital-is-abandoned-and-its-tablet-archives) -1649[Hittite scribes of the Old Kingdom begin to write down Hattic recitations and translate some of them](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/events/EVT0DEDSP5ZDXQ3/hittite-scribes-of-the-old-kingdom-begin-to-write-down) 21 Sep 2023[Würzburg announces a new Anatolian language on a tablet from Hattusa, Bo 2023/12](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/events/EVT0DEDTBVXMZH5/wurzburg-announces-a-new-anatolian-language-on-a-tablet-from) with [Elisabeth Rieken](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/people/FIG0DEDS3HG8QWW/elisabeth-rieken) ## Nearby within 500 km [Hattusa (Boğazkale)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464EXJ11VF/hattusa-bogazkale) city here [Šapinuwa (Ortaköy)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/places/PLC0DEDRA5BVW41/sapinuwa-ortakoy) city 37 km NE [Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/places/PLC0DEDRAZJ1WK4/museum-of-anatolian-civilizations-ankara) museum 150 km W [Gordion, with the Midas Mound tumulus](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464F5C4ZQB/gordion-with-the-midas-mound-tumulus) archaeological site 228 km W [Bolu region (the land of Kalašma)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/places/PLC0DEDRBAF0TNT/bolu-region-the-land-of-kalasma) region 267 km W [Sayburç](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D956Q3E13XT/sayburc) archaeological site under a village 475 km SE ## People 1 [ER **Elisabeth Rieken** Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/people/FIG0DEDS3HG8QWW/elisabeth-rieken) ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). Hattusa (Boğazköy) [Place PLC0DEDR9WMCG62]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDR9WMCG62 ``` Key **PLC** 0DEDR9WMCG62 Record Place Kind City Position 40.0200° N, 34.6150° E Precision About 1 km Placed from Wikidata Q181007 coordinates, which agree with the site's existing Hattusa record (PLC0D464EXJ11VF) In [Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages) Version 1 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) [ Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181007) **How this page is made.** The position and its precision are the record's, checked against OpenStreetMap and Wikidata; the map is drawn from Natural Earth. Everything else is the site's own record of what happened here. Six other places on the site lie within 500 km. The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/PLC0DEDR9WMCG62)