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Šapinuwa (Ortaköy)

Hittite city at Ortaköy, Çorum; the only findspot of Hattic texts outside Hattusa

Šapinuwa is a city in the record of Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives, placed to about 1 km.

One event happened here: Aygül Süel and Oğuz Soysal publish the first Hattic-Hittite bilinguals from Šapinuwa, 2007.

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Placed from Wikidata Q1753399 (Sapinuwa) coordinates, rounded to the minute · Placed to about 1 kmOpen the mystery's map

In the mysteries

Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives
Hittite city at Ortaköy, Çorum; the only findspot of Hattic texts outside Hattusa · 1 event
The mystery

What happened here 1

Nearby within 500 km

261 km W
Sayburç
archaeological site under a village
469 km SE

People 1

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Šapinuwa (Ortaköy) [Place PLC0DEDRA5BVW41]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDRA5BVW41
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