# Šapinuwa · Place

> Hittite city at Ortaköy, Çorum; the only findspot of Hattic texts outside Hattusa. In Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform…

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# Šapinuwa (Ortaköy)

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

[Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)[1 event][40.2167° N, 34.9667° E]

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 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 city at Ortaköy, Çorum; the only findspot of Hattic texts outside Hattusa · 1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)

## What happened here 1

2007[Aygül Süel and Oğuz Soysal publish the first Hattic-Hittite bilinguals from Šapinuwa](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/events/EVT0DEDTASP2PQW/aygul-suel-and-oguz-soysal-publish-the-first-hattic-hittite)

with [Oğuz Soysal](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/people/FIG0DEDS0S2XW5T/oguz-soysal)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Hattusa (Boğazkale)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464EXJ11VF/hattusa-bogazkale)

city

37 km SW

[Hattusa (Boğazköy)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/places/PLC0DEDR9WMCG62/hattusa-bogazkoy)

city

37 km SW

[Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/places/PLC0DEDRAZJ1WK4/museum-of-anatolian-civilizations-ankara)

museum

182 km W

[Gordion, with the Midas Mound tumulus](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464F5C4ZQB/gordion-with-the-midas-mound-tumulus)

archaeological site

261 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

290 km W

[Sayburç](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D956Q3E13XT/sayburc)

archaeological site under a village

469 km SE

## People 1

[OS

**Oğuz Soysal**

Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives

](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/people/FIG0DEDS0S2XW5T/oguz-soysal)

## Cite it

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

**PLC** 0DEDRA5BVW41

Record

Place

Kind

City

Position

40.2167° N, 34.9667° E

Precision

About 1 km

Placed from

Wikidata Q1753399 (Sapinuwa) coordinates, rounded to the minute

In

[Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)

Version

1

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[ Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1753399)

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