# Which Anatolian language is written on the Kalašma tablet, and can its recitation be translated? · Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives > Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWKB75KT7/which-anatolian-language-is-written-on-the-kalasma-tablet Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-31T15:46:12+00:00 --- **0** # Which Anatolian language is written on the Kalašma tablet, and can its recitation be translated? Asked 31 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·3 answers·0·0 following **Three answers, none ahead** None is ahead yet. See what would settle it. ## Where it stands Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible. ## Why it matters The tablet Bo 2023/12, found at Hattusa in 2023, carries a Hittite ritual frame around a recitation introduced with a reference to Kalašma; its editors identify the language as Anatolian and Luwic but distinct from Luwian, and give a provisional reading of the recitation as an offering to a storm god⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKC20ZP70/eine-neue-sprache-im-hethiterreich-der-fund-der-kalasma)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKNR46FZV/new-indo-european-language-discovered-press-release). The reading rests on one broken tablet and on comparison with Luwian, and the editors call it preliminary⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKC20ZP70/eine-neue-sprache-im-hethiterreich-der-fund-der-kalasma). ## Answers 3 [**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDZA2T5FWD/none-of-these) Not tested yet Evidence: 1 against Still possible [**The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDZ9QXTJ33/the-kalasma-recitation-is-in-a-previously-unknown-luwic) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for, 1 against Still possible [**The recitation is a local dialect of Luwian or Palaic, not a separate language.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDZ9XRA0B8/the-recitation-is-a-local-dialect-of-luwian-or-palaic-not-a) Not tested yet Evidence: 1 against Still possible ## History 1. 2023[Universität Würzburg: the inflectional endings and vocabulary of the Kalašma recitation match the Luwic branch of Anatolian but exclude…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKNR46FZV/new-indo-european-language-discovered-press-release)For: The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be… 1. 2023[Universität Würzburg: the editors found features that set the Kalašma text apart from Luwian and judged it closer to Luwian than to Palaic…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKNR46FZV/new-indo-european-language-discovered-press-release)Against: The recitation is a local dialect of Luwian or Palaic, not a separate language. 1. 2023[Universität Würzburg: the recitation's inflections are recognisably Anatolian and Luwic, which leaves little room for a non-Anatolian or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKNR46FZV/new-indo-european-language-discovered-press-release)Against: None of these. 1. 2024[Elisabeth Rieken et al.: the language is known from the lower half of a single tablet, so the translation cannot yet be checked against any…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKC20ZP70/eine-neue-sprache-im-hethiterreich-der-fund-der-kalasma)Against: The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be… 1. 2024[Elisabeth Rieken et al.: the inflectional endings and vocabulary of the Kalašma recitation match the Luwic branch of Anatolian but exclude…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKC20ZP70/eine-neue-sprache-im-hethiterreich-der-fund-der-kalasma)For: The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be… 1. 2024[Elisabeth Rieken et al.: the editors found features that set the Kalašma text apart from Luwian and judged it closer to Luwian than to Palaic…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKC20ZP70/eine-neue-sprache-im-hethiterreich-der-fund-der-kalasma)Against: The recitation is a local dialect of Luwian or Palaic, not a separate language. 1. 2024[Elisabeth Rieken et al.: the recitation's inflections are recognisably Anatolian and Luwic, which leaves little room for a non-Anatolian or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKC20ZP70/eine-neue-sprache-im-hethiterreich-der-fund-der-kalasma)Against: None of these. 1. 31 Oct 2026Asked on this site ## 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