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Anitta, son of Pithana
Pithana

Pithana was a Hittites Bronze Age king of the Anatolian city Kussara. He reigned ca. the 17th century BC . During his reign he conquered the city of Kanesh, heart of the Assyrian trading colonies network in Anatolia and core of the Hittite speaking territories....
, was a king of Kussara
Kussara

Kussara was a city of Bronze Age south-eastern Anatolia. The rulers of Ku??ara extended their authority over central Anatolia, conquering Hittite language-speaking Kanesh, destroying Hattusa - the future Hittite capital, and subjugating territories as far north as the Black Sea....
, a city that has yet to be identified. He is the earliest known ruler to compose a text in the Hittite language
Hittite language

Hittite or Nesili is the extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centered on ancient Hattusas in north-central Anatolia ....
. Anitta reigned in the 17th century BC (short chronology) and is the author of the Anitta text (CTH
CTH

CTH may refer to*Catalogue des Textes Hittites, an index of Hittite language texts.* Chalmers University of Technology* Confederaci?n de Trabajadores de Honduras, the Honduras Workers' Confederation...
 1.A, edited in StBoT 18, 1974), the oldest known text in the Hittite language
Hittite language

Hittite or Nesili is the extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centered on ancient Hattusas in north-central Anatolia ....
 (and the oldest known Indo-European
Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a Language family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau , Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent ....
 text altogether).






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Anitta, son of Pithana
Pithana

Pithana was a Hittites Bronze Age king of the Anatolian city Kussara. He reigned ca. the 17th century BC . During his reign he conquered the city of Kanesh, heart of the Assyrian trading colonies network in Anatolia and core of the Hittite speaking territories....
, was a king of Kussara
Kussara

Kussara was a city of Bronze Age south-eastern Anatolia. The rulers of Ku??ara extended their authority over central Anatolia, conquering Hittite language-speaking Kanesh, destroying Hattusa - the future Hittite capital, and subjugating territories as far north as the Black Sea....
, a city that has yet to be identified. He is the earliest known ruler to compose a text in the Hittite language
Hittite language

Hittite or Nesili is the extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centered on ancient Hattusas in north-central Anatolia ....
. Anitta reigned in the 17th century BC (short chronology) and is the author of the Anitta text (CTH
CTH

CTH may refer to*Catalogue des Textes Hittites, an index of Hittite language texts.* Chalmers University of Technology* Confederaci?n de Trabajadores de Honduras, the Honduras Workers' Confederation...
 1.A, edited in StBoT 18, 1974), the oldest known text in the Hittite language
Hittite language

Hittite or Nesili is the extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centered on ancient Hattusas in north-central Anatolia ....
 (and the oldest known Indo-European
Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a Language family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau , Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent ....
 text altogether). This text seems to represent a cuneiform record of Anitta's inscriptions at Kanish, perhaps compiled by Hattusili I
Hattusili I

Labarna II was the first king of the Hittite empire to reign from Hattusa , taking the throne name of Hattusili I on that occasion. He reigned ca....
, one of the earliest Hittite kings of Hattusa
Hattusa

Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. The region is set in a loop of the Kizil River in central Anatolia.Hattusa was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1986....
.

The Anitta text indicates that Anitta's father, Pithana
Pithana

Pithana was a Hittites Bronze Age king of the Anatolian city Kussara. He reigned ca. the 17th century BC . During his reign he conquered the city of Kanesh, heart of the Assyrian trading colonies network in Anatolia and core of the Hittite speaking territories....
, conquered Neša (Kanish, Kültepe
Kültepe

K?ltepe is a modern village near the ancient city of Kane? in central eastern Anatolia. The nearest modern city is Kayseri, about 20 km southwest....
), which became an important city within the kingdom of Kussara
Kussara

Kussara was a city of Bronze Age south-eastern Anatolia. The rulers of Ku??ara extended their authority over central Anatolia, conquering Hittite language-speaking Kanesh, destroying Hattusa - the future Hittite capital, and subjugating territories as far north as the Black Sea....
. During his own reign, Anitta defeated the Hattic king Piyusti
Piyusti

Piyusti or Piyu?ti was a king of Hattusa ca. the 17th century BC . He is mentioned in the Anitta text as being defeated by Anitta on at least two occasions....
 and then conquered his capital at the future Hittite capital of Hattusa
Hattusa

Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. The region is set in a loop of the Kizil River in central Anatolia.Hattusa was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1986....
. He then destroyed the city, sowed cress over it, and laid a curse on the site.

Anitta's name appears on an inscription on a dagger found in Kültepe and also, together with the name of his father Pithana
Pithana

Pithana was a Hittites Bronze Age king of the Anatolian city Kussara. He reigned ca. the 17th century BC . During his reign he conquered the city of Kanesh, heart of the Assyrian trading colonies network in Anatolia and core of the Hittite speaking territories....
, on various Kültepe texts, as well as in later Hittite tradition.

See also

  • History of the Hittites
    History of the Hittites

    Hittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa in northern Turkey from the 18th century BC....


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