POLITICAL UNITS ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE HITTITES ACCORDING THE “ŠUPPILULIUMA-ŠATTIWAZA TREATY”

Abstract

Abstract: Šuppiluliuma-Šattiwaza treaty is considered as in many ways very imortant and considerable document. Our interest is focused on the geographical names, presented in the document, which are given twice. These geographical locations were located on quite large territory of eastern peripherry of Hittite, on the west side of Euphrates rivers upper and middle flow. A very important fact can be observed from the list of these names. Particularly, the names are listed from north to south locations. The part of populated geographical objects most probably vere located until Tegarama, most correctly until its half part, approximately on the north line of existing Giurun Malatya. The following geographical objects were located on the south or south east side of Malatya. They are: ^URUKurtališša, ^URUArau̯anna, KUR^URUZaz(zi)ša, KUR ^URUKalašma, KUR^URUTimna, ^ḪUR.SAGḪaliu̯a, ^ḪUR.SAGKarna, ^URUTurmitta, KUR^URUAlḫa, KUR^URUḪurma, ^ḪUR.SAGḪarana, KUR^URUTegarama, ^URUTepurzya, ^URUḪazga, KUR^URUArmatana. The reviews of each object are given in this article separately. Is has also been revealed that some part of these objects were placed in Upper Land and some next to that at the boarder of Kaska Land. From this fact it can be assumed that somehow they were connected with Kasks and moreover these populated objects were Kaskians.

 Keywords: Assyriology, Hetology, Ancient Anatolia, Hittites, Geography, Toponyms, Šuppiluliuma, Šattiwaza, treaty.