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Document Details : Title: Notes on the Localization of Old Assyrian Trading Stations and Hittite Toponyms un Central Anatolia Author(s): WOUDHUIZEN, Fred C. Journal: Anatolica Volume: 48 Date: 2022 Pages: 1-12 DOI: 10.2143/ANA.48.0.3291911 Abstract : In the present notes the suggestions as to the location of Old Assyrian trading stations and Hittite toponyms in central Anatolia will be scrutinized. This will be done using the publications on these topics of Gojko Barjamovic of 2011 and Adam Kryszeń of 2016 as our starting point. In connection with the Old Assyrian trading stations it will be argued that Barjamovic is mistaken in his identifications concerning three cases, Purušḫaddum, Durḫumit, and Ulama. A helpful working tool in improving the suggestions as to the location of these sites is formed by the information on river crossings and bridges. As far as Hittite toponyms are concerned, the ones from the main festivals, AN.TAḪ.ŠUM and the nuntarriyašḫaš, are looked for by Kryszeń to the north and northeast of the Hittite capital Ḫattuša. At a closer inspection, however, it can be argued that the itineraries of these festivals, apart from being indeed directed to the north and northeast, were also directed to the southwest and southeast, so that in reality the capital was circumambulated. |
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