Anitta, son of Pithana, was a king of Kussara, a city that has yet to be identified. Pithana was a Hittite Bronze Age king of the Anatolian city Kussara. Kussara (Kuššara was a city of Bronze Age south-eastern Anatolia. He is the earliest known ruler to compose a text in the Hittite language. Hittite or Nesili is the Extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centered on ancient Hattusas (modern
Anitta reigned in the 17th century BC (short chronology) and is the author of the Anitta text (CTH 1. The short chronology is one chronology of the Near Eastern Bronze and Early Iron Age, which fixes the reign of Hammurabi to 1728 BC – 1686 BC and the Sack of A, edited in StBoT 18, 1974)[1], the oldest known text in the Hittite language (and the oldest known Indo-European text altogether). Studien zu den Bogazkoy -Texten (abbreviated StBoT) edited by the German Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur, Mainz, since 1965 Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Hittite or Nesili is the Extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centered on ancient Hattusas (modern This text seems to represent a cuneiform record of Anitta's inscriptions at Kanish, perhaps compiled by Hattusili I, one of the earliest Hittite kings of Hattusa. For the village in Azerbaijan see Kültəpə. Kültepe is the name of the modern village near the ancient city of Kaneš in central eastern Labarna II was the first king of the Hittite empire to reign from Hattusa (while the earlier kings had been at Neša) taking the throne name of Hattusili Hattusa (URU Ḫa-at-tu-ša 𒌷𒄩𒀜𒌅𒊭 Unicode cuneiform article to display these cuneiform characters-->
The Anitta text indicates that Anitta's father, Pithana, conquered Neša (Kanish, Kültepe), which became an important city within the kingdom of Kussara. Pithana was a Hittite Bronze Age king of the Anatolian city Kussara. For the village in Azerbaijan see Kültəpə. Kültepe is the name of the modern village near the ancient city of Kaneš in central eastern For the village in Azerbaijan see Kültəpə. Kültepe is the name of the modern village near the ancient city of Kaneš in central eastern Kussara (Kuššara was a city of Bronze Age south-eastern Anatolia. During his own reign, Anitta defeated the Hattic king Piyusti and then conquered his capital at the future Hittite capital of Hattusa. Piyusti or Piyušti was a king of Hattusa ca the 17th century BC ( Short chronology) Hattusa (URU Ḫa-at-tu-ša 𒌷𒄩𒀜𒌅𒊭 Unicode cuneiform article to display these cuneiform characters--> He then destroyed the city, sowed cress over it, and laid a curse on the site.
Anitta's name appears on an inscription on a dagger found in Kültepe and also, together with the name of his father Pithana, on various Kültepe texts, as well as in later Hittite tradition. Pithana was a Hittite Bronze Age king of the Anatolian city Kussara.
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Hittite king ca. Pithana was a Hittite Bronze Age king of the Anatolian city Kussara. The dating and sequence of the Hittite kings is compiled from fragmentary records and all dates given here are approximate relying on synchronisms with known chronologies 17th century BC |
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