Trevor Bryce
Biographic Data
| ID | 1443155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Trevor Bryce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Trevor |
| FAMILY NAME | Bryce |
| SIGNATURE | BRYCE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 37 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Ahhiyawa Texts
Troy
Arzawa
“Arzawa” was the term applied in Hittite texts to a number of lands in western and southwestern Anatolia during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. These lands were frequently at war with the Hittites, and although they were eventually reduced to Hittite vassal status, they remained volatile and unreliable subjects until the end of the Hittite empire (early twelfth century bce ). Their populations contained a substantial Indo‐European population, co…
The land of Hiyawa (Que) revisited
The focus of this article is the recently published, near-duplicate ARSUZ inscriptions carved on two stelae found near İskenderun in southeastern Turkey and dating to the later tenth century BC. Particular attention is given to the historical section of these inscriptions, and its reference to a land called Hiyawa (Assyrian Que) in eastern Cilicia, previously attested in only one other Iron Age inscription, the Luwian-Phoenician bilingual found a…
Hittites and Anatolian Ethnic Diversity
Late Bronze Age Anatolia was dominated by the kingdom of the Hittites. Though its ruling class was an intrusive Indo-European group, the kingdom was made up of many ethnic elements, including a pre-Indo-European population called Hattians, another large Indo-European group known as Luwians, and a third Indo-European group called Palaians. Hurrians were also a component of the Hittite kingdom, as were Syrians. Following the empire's collapse, Luwi…
Anatolian States
This chapter explores the history of state formation in the Anatolian States, focusing on the Hittite state, which it explains arose in north-central Anatolia early in the Late Bronze Age while the Middle Bronze Age saw the rise of an Indo-European dynasty. It also considers the role of Pithana and his son and successor Anitta in establishing the first great Anatolian empire and the conquests made by the Hittites.
The Trojan War
The story of Troy's war with the Greeks is one of the best-known narrative episodes from the Greek and Roman literary tradition. To the ancient Greeks and Romans, it provided the inspiration for a wide range of artistic representations in the fields of painting, sculpture, poetry, drama, and philosophy. Ancient Greek writers proposed widely varying dates for the Trojan War, ranging from as early as 1334 to as late as the tenth century bc. In the …
Phrygians
Luwians
Thracians
Anatolia
Hittites
The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia
This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive general treatment available of the peoples and places of the regions commonly referred to as the ancient Near and Middle East – extending from the Aegean coast of Turkey in the west to the Indus river in the east. It contains some 1,500 entries on the kingdoms, countries, cities, and population groups of Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Iran and parts of Central A…
The Hittites and Their World. Billie Jean Collins
Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient near East
Offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms, Trevor Bryce uses the letters of the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti, Mitanni and Assyria as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region in the late Bronze Age. Numerous extracts from the letters are constantly interwoven into the fabric of narrative and discussion, and this lively approach allows us to witness history th…
The Struggles for the Royal Succession
The Kingdom of the Hittites
In 14th century BC, the Hittites became the supreme political and military power in the Near East. How did they achieve their supremacy? How successful were they in maintaining it? What brought about their collapse and disappearance? This book,which describes the Hittite kingdom, seeks to answer these questions. Hittitology is a relatively new discipline in the field of Near Eastern studies. Little more than a century ago, when important advances…
Troy and Homer
The Hittites ‐ Discoveries and Ongoing Research
This article focuses on discoveries and advances in Hittite scholarship and archaeology over the past few decades, as the result of ongoing excavations in the Hittite capital and in regional centres of the kingdom. Of particular significance is the information provided by recent text finds, including that contained in clay tablets, seal impressions and monumental inscriptions on stone
Life and Society in the Hittite World
"In dealing with a wide range of aspects of the life, activities, and customs of the Late Bronze Age Hittite world, this book complements the treatment of Hittite military and political history presented by the author in The Kingdom of the Hittites (OUP, 1998). It aims to convey to the reader a sense of what it was like to live amongst the people of the Hittite world, to participate in their celebrations, to share their crises, to meet them in th…
The Trojan War
Did the Trojan War really happen? This question has challenged Homer's readers and listeners for over 2,500 years. The author re-examines the development of the tale of Troy through half a millennium of oral transmission, emphasizing what we learn about the tale from independent sources of information. Of particular importance is the information provided by our Anatolian sources, both written and archaeological. These may take us a considerable w…
How Old was Matanazi
Discussion of Ramesses II's reply to the Hittite king Hattušili III's request for medical assistance to enable his elderly sister to bear children. Calculations based on Hittite documents show her to be at least 58 and Ramesses II's assessment of her age true
How Old Was Matanazi
Discussion of Ramesses II's reply to the Hittite king Hattusili III's request for medical assistance to enable his elderly sister to bear children. Calculations based on Hittite documents show her to be at least 58 and Ramesses II's assessment of her age true
Lukka Revisited
The Death of Niphururiya and Its Aftermath
The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia
This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive general treatment available of the peoples and places of the regions commonly referred to as the ancient Near and Middle East – extending from the Aegean coast of Turkey in the west to the Indus river in the east. It contains some 1,500 entries on the kingdoms, countries, cities, and population groups of Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Iran and parts of Central A…
Ahhiyawans and Mycenaeans – An Anatolian Viewpoint
Ever since the 1920's, when Emil Forrer claimed to have discovered Homeric Greeks in the Hittite texts, there has been much debate about the identity and location of the Land of Ahhiyawa, to which frequent reference is made in these texts. Although the matter is not yet settled to everyone's satisfaction, an increasing number of scholars have come round to the view that the term Ahhiyawa must have been used in reference to the Mycenaean world, or…
A Reinterpretation of the Milawata Letter in the Light of the New Join Piece
At the Rencontre Assyriologique held in Vienna in July, 1981, Dr. Harry Hoffner Jr. presented a paper in which he discussed a new join he had made to the Milawata letter, a document long recognized as being of considerable importance for Hittite historical studies, although one which is frustratingly fragmentary and incomplete. Without doubt, the join provides important new information on historical and political developments in western Anatolia …
Disciplinary Agents in the Sepulchral Inscriptions of Lycia
Lycian scholars have long recognized that a number of the sepulchral inscriptions of Lycia refer to certain disciplinary agents responsible for punishing persons guilty of illegal use of a tomb—e.g. by making unauthorized burials in the tomb. TL 57 provides a typical example: hrppiye mei:tadi:tike:me ne:tubeiti:mãhãi huwedri.se itlehi:tr mili: (lines 8–9) “If (anyone) places anyone (else) upon them (i.e. the authorized tomb occupants), the huwedr…
The Boundaries of Hatti and Hittite Border Policy
Some Geographical and Political Aspects of Mursilis' Arzawan Campaign
At the beginning of his reign, the Hittite king Mursilis II was confronted with widespread unrest amongst the territories subject to Hittite control. One of the early challenges to his authority came from Arzawa whose king Ukha-zitis defied an order to hand over rebels from Attarimma, Huwarsanassa, and Suruta who had sought refuge in his country. Mursilis answered this challenge by conducting in person a two-season military campaign against Arzaw…
Some Geographical and Political Aspects of Mursilis' Arzawan Campaign
At the beginning of his reign, the Hittite king Mursilis II was confronted with widespread unrest amongst the territories subject to Hittite control. One of the early challenges to his authority came from Arzawa whose king Ukha-zitis defied an order to hand over rebels from Attarimma, Huwarsanassa, and Suruta who had sought refuge in his country. Mursilis answered this challenge by conducting in person a two-season military campaign against Arzaw…
Burial Fees in the Lycian Sepulchral Inscriptions
The Greek inscriptions of Lycia frequently indicate specific monetary penalties to be imposed upon any person guilty of tomb violation, and a parallel has often been drawn with certain of the indigenous inscriptions which also contain specific monetary sums, expressed as various multiples of the ada . The passages in which ada occurs have generally been thought to indicate penalties directed against wrongful use of a tomb. But this assumption is …
A Recently Discovered Cult in Lycia 1
Two Terms of Relationship in the Lycian Inscriptions
(Lycian Tomb Families and Their Social Implications1)
Disciplinary Agents in the Sepulchral Inscriptions of Lycia
Lycian scholars have long recognized that a number of the sepulchral inscriptions of Lycia refer to certain disciplinary agents responsible for punishing persons guilty of illegal use of a tomb—e.g. by making unauthorized burials in the tomb. TL 57 provides a typical example: hrppiye mei:tadi:tike:me ne:tubeiti:mãhãi huwedri.se itlehi:tr mili: (lines 8–9) “If (anyone) places anyone (else) upon them (i.e. the authorized tomb occupants), the huwedr…
A Reinterpretation of the Milawata Letter in the Light of the New Join Piece
At the Rencontre Assyriologique held in Vienna in July, 1981, Dr. Harry Hoffner Jr. presented a paper in which he discussed a new join he had made to the Milawata letter, a document long recognized as being of considerable importance for Hittite historical studies, although one which is frustratingly fragmentary and incomplete. Without doubt, the join provides important new information on historical and political developments in western Anatolia …
The Boundaries of Hatti and Hittite Border Policy
The Boundaries of Hatti and Hittite Border Policy
During the Late Bronze Age, Anatolia was dominated by the kingdom of the Hittites, whose capital Hattusa was the focal point of the region encompassed by the Halys (modern KlZll Irmak) river the Marassantiya of Hittite times. This region is designated in maps as the Land of Hatti, and commonly referred to as the Hittite homeland, to distinguish it from other parts of Anatolia where Hittite influence was exercised more indirectly through a network…
Ahhiyawans and Mycenaeans – An Anatolian Viewpoint
Ever since the 1920's, when Emil Forrer claimed to have discovered Homeric Greeks in the Hittite texts, there has been much debate about the identity and location of the Land of Ahhiyawa, to which frequent reference is made in these texts. Although the matter is not yet settled to everyone's satisfaction, an increasing number of scholars have come round to the view that the term Ahhiyawa must have been used in reference to the Mycenaean world, or…
Some Observations on the Chronology of Šuppiluliuma's Reign
KUB XIX 9, a text dating to the reign of Hattušili III, has long been regarded as an important source of information on the chronology of the reign of Hattušili's grandfather Šuppiluliuma I. The text makes reference to the following events in Šuppiluliuma's career: (1) campaigns in Anatolia, allegedly covering a period of 20 years and devoted to the reconquest of territories lost to Hittite control prior to Šuppiluliuma's accession, (2) a First S…
The Death of Niphururiya and Its Aftermath
The Death of Niphururiya and its Aftermath
The identity of the pharaoh called Niphururiya (or Nibhururiya) in the Hittite document commonly known as the ‘Deeds’ of Suppiluliuma is re-examined. Opinion is still largely divided between two candidates—Akhenaten and Tutankhamun; Smenkhkare has recently been suggested as a third possibility. The paper concentrates on three main factors: (1) important revisions to the chronology of Suppiluliuma's reign; (2) a re-examination of the identity of t…
Lukka Revisited
How Old was Matanazi
Discussion of Ramesses II's reply to the Hittite king Hattušili III's request for medical assistance to enable his elderly sister to bear children. Calculations based on Hittite documents show her to be at least 58 and Ramesses II's assessment of her age true
How Old Was Matanazi
Discussion of Ramesses II's reply to the Hittite king Hattusili III's request for medical assistance to enable his elderly sister to bear children. Calculations based on Hittite documents show her to be at least 58 and Ramesses II's assessment of her age true
Life and Society in the Hittite World
"In dealing with a wide range of aspects of the life, activities, and customs of the Late Bronze Age Hittite world, this book complements the treatment of Hittite military and political history presented by the author in The Kingdom of the Hittites (OUP, 1998). It aims to convey to the reader a sense of what it was like to live amongst the people of the Hittite world, to participate in their celebrations, to share their crises, to meet them in th…
The Trojan War
Did the Trojan War really happen? This question has challenged Homer's readers and listeners for over 2,500 years. The author re-examines the development of the tale of Troy through half a millennium of oral transmission, emphasizing what we learn about the tale from independent sources of information. Of particular importance is the information provided by our Anatolian sources, both written and archaeological. These may take us a considerable w…
The Hittites ‐ Discoveries and Ongoing Research
This article focuses on discoveries and advances in Hittite scholarship and archaeology over the past few decades, as the result of ongoing excavations in the Hittite capital and in regional centres of the kingdom. Of particular significance is the information provided by recent text finds, including that contained in clay tablets, seal impressions and monumental inscriptions on stone
The Struggles for the Royal Succession
The Kingdom of the Hittites
In 14th century BC, the Hittites became the supreme political and military power in the Near East. How did they achieve their supremacy? How successful were they in maintaining it? What brought about their collapse and disappearance? This book,which describes the Hittite kingdom, seeks to answer these questions. Hittitology is a relatively new discipline in the field of Near Eastern studies. Little more than a century ago, when important advances…
Troy and Homer
Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient near East
Offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms, Trevor Bryce uses the letters of the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti, Mitanni and Assyria as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region in the late Bronze Age. Numerous extracts from the letters are constantly interwoven into the fabric of narrative and discussion, and this lively approach allows us to witness history th…
The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia
This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive general treatment available of the peoples and places of the regions commonly referred to as the ancient Near and Middle East – extending from the Aegean coast of Turkey in the west to the Indus river in the east. It contains some 1,500 entries on the kingdoms, countries, cities, and population groups of Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Iran and parts of Central A…
The Hittites and Their World. Billie Jean Collins
History (30 works) · Ancient Near East History (22 works) · Ancient history (21 works) · History (15 works) · Hittite language (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Classics (12 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (12 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · Art (11 works)