#hittite
The Hittite Sun Disk or Hittite Sun Course is an ancient Anatolian symbol dating back to the 20th century BC. The symbol belongs to the Hattis from the pre-Hittite period. The Sun Disk was used in ceremonies by Hattians about 4.000 years ago.
Round sphere forming the Sun Disk symbolizes the earth or the sun. At the bottom, there are two horn-like protrusions but what they represent is not clear. The protrusions at the top represent fertility, and the procreation of nature.
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Hittitologists really need to start doing interdisciplinary research before I end up fighting someone for coming up with outlandish theories when the explanation is right there in a neighbouring culture’s sources.
Finally finished this whole set and took the opportunity to revamp the older ones.
It’s been fun.
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Marching Hittite figures from Zincirli Höyük, Central Anatolia.
Source:John Henry Haynes: A Photographer and Archaeologist in the Ottoman Empire 1881 - 1900 by Robert G. Ousterhout. (2016)
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Hi, my name is sisterofiris and I’m here to provide you with extremely niche Hittite memes
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Seated Goddess with a Child, Hittite Empire, 13th century B.C.E, Central Anatolia @metmuseum
This is a tiny (4.3 cm) ornament that was probably worn around the neck as an amulet. According to the Met’s website these small gold figures with loops that were also found in Mesopotamia, Iran, the Levant and Egypt were probably portable representation of gods. She may be the sun goddess, Arinna, due to her disklike headdress which would probaby represent the sun. Her chair has lion paws on the sides. Anatolia must have had a bevy of lions since the mother goddesses are usually represented accompanied with them. The child sitting on her lap was cast separately and then attached. *
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I’m not sure if this has been done before, and I’m definitely late to the meme (but what’s a few months or years when we’re talking about a 3000-year-old civilisation?). Here’s my take anyway.
Ḫattušili I: you want to fight the founder of the Hittite kingdom? The guy who conquered a good part of Anatolia and Syria? I mean sure, do it, but don’t expect to live to tell the tale. If you’d rather keep your blood inside your body, however, don’t fight Ḫattušili I.
Muršili I: you thought fighting Ḫattušili I was a bad decision? Try fighting his grandson. This kid decided “rebellious teenage phase” meant “destroying Mesopotamia”. He literally walked to Babylon, sacked it, then walked home, all for no other discernible reason than “for the lolz”. Don’t fight Muršili I.
Backstab him instead.Most of the Middle Hittite kings: sure, fight them. It’s not like they have the power to stop you. You’ll probably end up killed by one of their relatives, though. Middle Hittite time is backstabby time.
Telepinu: look into his eyes. Look into his hopeful, idealistic eyes. Do you really want to fight Telepinu? You don’t want to fight Telepinu. Put down your sword and give him a hug instead.
Šuppiluliuma I: you’ve got to be kidding me. No. Don’t fight Šuppiluliuma I. Unfortunately, you probably won’t have a choice, because Šuppiluliuma I will fight you.
Malnigal:honestly, I’m intrigued to see how this one would go. Muršili II clearly considered her a threat, and she may or may not curse you to death, but it would definitely be interesting enough to be worth it. Fight Malnigal, if only to satisfy my historical curiosity.
Muršili II: seriously? He already had to deal with revolts, plague, the deaths of his brothers and wife, a scheming stepmother, and speech problems, and you want to fight him on top of that? He’d definitely take up the challenge (and likely win, too) but why would you do it? Just leave the poor man alone. If anything, send him to therapy.
Gaššulawiya:physically, you could do it, but emotionally? Imagine the toll. Actually, you don’t need to imagine it, because Muršili II told us himself. It’s heartbreaking. Don’t fight Gaššulawiya.
Danuḫepa:do you want to spend the next generation appeasing her angry spirit with offerings? If you do, sure, fight Danuḫepa. If you don’t, I’d suggest not getting on her bad side.
Muwatalli II: this guy is your best bet, in my opinion. I’m not saying he deservesto be fought, but he led one of the most famous battles in ancient history, so if you want your name to be immortalised, he’s the one to swing your sword at.
Ḫattušili III: OMG YES PLEASE FIGHT HIM. I’M BEGGING YOU. PUNCH HIM IN THE THROAT. KNOCK THAT SMUG LOOK OFF HIS FACE. HE DESERVES IT MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.
Puduḫepa:bahahahaha rest in pieces.
Tudḫaliya IV: pretty much everyone else fought him, so you wouldn’t be alone. But please, wait until he’s done with his religious reform and building programmes. Let him give us those juicy ritual tablets, as well as the carvings at Yazılıkaya. Then fight him. Honestly, you have a fair chance of winning.
Šuppiluliuma II: go for it. End the Hittite kingdom. Burn Ḫattuša to the ground. It’s not Šuppiluliuma II who will stop you.
Cuneiform terracota tablets, ca. 1400 BC, Qatna, Syria.
63 cuneiform tablets were discovered in 2002, in a subterranean corridor. They were covered by the burned remains of several roofbeams. Maybe they were hidden during the Hittite invasion. The texts probably belong to the archive of King Idanda and contain both intelligence reports on the political situation in northern Syria, the Hittite threat and domestic and administrative texts. The texts are written in a mixture of the Akkadian and Hurrian languages hitherto unknown. - wikipedia.org
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Obsessed with how one of the oldest lines we have about Troy is from Hittite and in dactylic hexameter and just the sound and mouth feel of it
Ah-ha-ta-ta a-la-ti a-u-i-en-ta u-i-lu-sha-ti
When they came to [steep?] Wilusa…
Wilusa was the Hittite name for Troy that evolved into Ilium as in the Iliad
[source p.58]
