Philological Remarks on the Sealings from Empire Period of Karkemish


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Peker H.

in: Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE., Clelia Mora,Giulia Torri, Editor, Firenze University Press, Florence, pp.127-159, 2023

  • Publication Type: Book Chapter / Chapter Research Book
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Publisher: Firenze University Press
  • City: Florence
  • Page Numbers: pp.127-159
  • Editors: Clelia Mora,Giulia Torri, Editor
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Over 500 clay sealings from the Hittite Empire Period were retrieved in a LB II stratum of Area C East in the Lower Palace area (excavations seasons 2017-2021). 301 clay sealings were sealed 493 times by over 50 different seals belonging to c. 35 officials. In this paper, philological comments will be made about the officials of the relevant archive whose names and/or titles/professions are legible and a new interpretation of the sign L254 will be suggested as an Addendum.