Hittite Use of Cuneiform in Anatolia (c. 17th–12th centuries BCE)

1. Old Assyrian traders bring cuneiform to Anatolia

   Jan 1, 1950 BCELabels: Old Assyrian, Kanesh K

   • Met Museum
   • Harvard AM

2. Karum Kanesh Level II archives end in destruction

   Jan 1, 1836 BCELabels: Karum Kanesh, Level II

   • Harvard AM
   • Met Museum

3. Anitta text represents earliest Hittite cuneiform tradition

   Jan 1, 1700 BCELabels: Anitta text, Early Hittite

   • UT Austin
   • Anitta Text

4. Old Hittite law codes begin circulating in cuneiform

   Jan 1, 1650 BCELabels: Old Hittite, Cuneiform law

   • CDLI
   • Hittite Laws

5. Hittite cuneiform adapts Old Babylonian writing conventions

   Jan 1, 1600 BCELabels: Old Babylonian, Hittite cuneiform

   • Hittite Cuneiform
   • UT Austin

6. Multilingual tablet archives grow at Hattusa

   Jan 1, 1500 BCELabels: Hattusa archives, Multilingual tablets

   • Bogazk y Archive
   • UNESCO Hattusha

7. Kikkuli horse-training text shows technical writing in cuneiform

   Jan 1, 1400 BCELabels: Kikkuli text, Horse-training

   • Kikkuli
   • Bogazk y Archive

8. Cuneiform supports Hittite diplomacy across the Near East

   Jan 1, 1350 BCELabels: International diplomacy, Akkadian correspondence

   • Mandell 2025
   • Piha walwi

9. Treaty of Kadesh recorded in Hittite cuneiform tablets

   Jan 1, 1259 BCELabels: Treaty of, Hattusa tablets

   • WHE Image
   • UNESCO Hattusha

10. Tawagalawa letter highlights cuneiform political correspondence

    Jan 1, 1250 BCELabels: Tawagalawa letter, Political correspondence

    • Tawagalawa
    • Bogazk y Archive

11. Hattusa is abandoned; tablet culture ends in the capital

    Jan 1, 1200 BCELabels: Hattusa abandonment, End of

    • UNESCO Hattusha
    • NatGeo 2025

12. Hieroglyphic Luwian becomes prominent in post-Hittite states

    Jan 1, 1100 BCELabels: Hieroglyphic Luwian, Neo-Hittite states

    • Britannica Luwian
    • Hittite Cuneiform

13. Texier reports monumental ruins at Boğazköy

    Jan 1, 1834Labels: Charles Texier, Bo azk

    • Hattusa archaeology
    • UNESCO Hattusha

14. Winckler and Makridi uncover Boğazköy tablet archives

    Jan 1, 1906Labels: Winckler excavations, Makridi

    • Bogazk y Archive
    • Britannica Makridi

15. Hrozný publishes decipherment of the Hittite language

    Jan 1, 1917Labels: Bed ich, Hittite decipherment

    • Hrozn bio
    • OpenLibrary 1917

16. Hattusha gains UNESCO World Heritage recognition

    Jan 1, 1986Labels: Hattusha UNESCO, World Heritage

    • UNESCO List 377