Kusakli
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Kuşaklı is an archaeological site in Turkey
. It is 4 km (2½ miles) east of the village Basören/Altinyayla, 60 km (37⅓ miles) south of Sivas. Excavation continues under the direction of Andreas Müller-Karpe.
Excavations began in 1992. Dirk Mielke identified from the 16th to 13th centuries BC three "pottery horizons" and two Hittite building layers of different character. Mielke further identified a third, Iron Age building layer.http://vml.de/e/detail.php?ISBN=3-89646-602-X
Sarissa was founded in the 16th century BC as a midsized provincial town, close to Kussara
. The scribes in Hattusa
catalogued Sarissa in the "Upper Land" of Hatti.
"There were gates at the four corners of the city... one city gate is of Syrian-Levantine form."http://cat.une.edu.au/page/kusakli In 2004, the team uncovered a pool or dam by the northwest gate - the oldest known dam in Anatolia. The gate contains wood, and dendrochronology has claimed that the wood was cut 1530 BC; but this finding has not been peer reviewed.
Sarissa was sacked during the general turmoil following the reign of Arnuwanda I
in the early 14th century. It was then rebuilt under the Hittite revival from Samuha
under Tudhaliya III
.
The main deity of Sarissa was the Weather-God; he is named in the treaty between Hattusili III
and Rameses II.
Sarissa was sacked again with the other Hittite cities in 1200 BC. Its site was reoccupied and repaired, but then abandoned.
Turkey
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. It is 4 km (2½ miles) east of the village Basören/Altinyayla, 60 km (37⅓ miles) south of Sivas. Excavation continues under the direction of Andreas Müller-Karpe.
Excavations began in 1992. Dirk Mielke identified from the 16th to 13th centuries BC three "pottery horizons" and two Hittite building layers of different character. Mielke further identified a third, Iron Age building layer.http://vml.de/e/detail.php?ISBN=3-89646-602-X
Sarissa
In the second excavation campaign, the archaeologists discovered written records of its Hittite period; the fourth, smallest, and so far last major archive in the Hittite language. In 1997 Gernot Wilhelm reported: http://vml.de/e/detail.php?ISBN=3-89646-601-1- The large majority of the 45 tablet fragments published were found in the southern room of building A in the Western part of the Acropolis. Both the small finds in the room and the contents of the tablets suggest that the room had a connection with ritual practices. The finds belong to layer 2 (period of the Empire) which perished in a conflagration (2nd half of 13th century BC). It is due to the effects of this fire that the tablets, originally stored in an unbaked condition, survived. The contents of the tablets, written by several hands, refer to the ritual practice, namely cult and prophecy. Most numerous are "oracle protocols" for lot and bird oracles, rarer are "cult inventories" dealing with ritual festivals, idols and cultic supply. Two tablets represent the category of "festival rituals" and describe the celebration of the spring festival by the king in Šarišša (Šarešša).
Sarissa was founded in the 16th century BC as a midsized provincial town, close to Kussara
Kussara
Kussara was a city of Bronze Age south-eastern Anatolia. The rulers of Kuššara extended their authority over central Anatolia, conquering Hittite-speaking Kanesh, destroying the future Hittite capital of Hattusa, and subjugating territories as far north as the Black Sea.A man named Pithana is the...
. The scribes in Hattusa
Hattusa
Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. It was located near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, within the great loop of the Kızıl River ....
catalogued Sarissa in the "Upper Land" of Hatti.
"There were gates at the four corners of the city... one city gate is of Syrian-Levantine form."http://cat.une.edu.au/page/kusakli In 2004, the team uncovered a pool or dam by the northwest gate - the oldest known dam in Anatolia. The gate contains wood, and dendrochronology has claimed that the wood was cut 1530 BC; but this finding has not been peer reviewed.
Sarissa was sacked during the general turmoil following the reign of Arnuwanda I
Arnuwanda I
Arnuwanda I was a king of the Hittite empire. He became a ruler by marriage and was very religious.- Biography :Arnuwanda became a king by marriage. His wife was Ašmu-nikal, daughter of king Tudhaliya I. He became a successor of Tudhaliya as his son-in-law. He began his reign under a co-regency...
in the early 14th century. It was then rebuilt under the Hittite revival from Samuha
Samuha
Samuha was reputedly a city of the Hittites, a religious centre and for a few years military capital for the empire. Samuha's faith was syncretistic. Rene Lebrun in 1976 called Samuha the "religious foyer of the Hittite Empire"....
under Tudhaliya III
Tudhaliya III
Tudhaliya III was a short-lived king of the Hittite Empire ca. 1344 BC ; he may have been the son and successor of Hattusili II, however he is normally viewed as the son and immediate successor of Tudhaliya II . He is never explicitly known to have been king at all...
.
The main deity of Sarissa was the Weather-God; he is named in the treaty between Hattusili III
Hattusili III
Hattusili III was a king of the Hittite empire ca. 1267–1237 BC . He was the fourth and last son of Mursili II...
and Rameses II.
Sarissa was sacked again with the other Hittite cities in 1200 BC. Its site was reoccupied and repaired, but then abandoned.