Hieroglyphic Inscriptions on Hittite Pottery from Late Bronze Kinet Höyük (Hatay, Turkey)

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ID21486111
AuthorsMarie‐henriette Gates (0000-0001-7534-923X, Bilkent University), Hasan Peker (0000-0002-4290-5858, İstanbul University, Ancient Languages and Cultures – Chair of Hittitology, İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Hititoloji Ana Bilimdalı, 34134 Istanbul TR Turkey)
Year2025
Volume52
Issue1
Pages33-53
Publication date2025-05-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAltorientalische Forschungen (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0232-8461 • E-ISSN: 2196-6761
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/aofo-2025-2007
OpenAlexW4410613438
LanguageEN
References cited26

Like many Late Bronze sites in Cilicia, the ancient seaport at Kinet Höyük adopted a material culture reflecting Hittite standards from central Anatolia. The process, dynamics, and intentions engineering this assimilation have long been explored from many perspectives, including the ceramic repertoire. This paper contributes to the discussion by introducing a group of Kinet LB vessels with Anatolian Hieroglyphic potmarks and seal impressions that were intended to be read as script. Their references to 'king/royal' and 'palace' convey an official status to the seaport, identified with Hittite Izziya; and attest to Kinet's formal standing as an outpost of the Hittite state already in the Old Kingdom

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Hittite language · Pottery · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

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