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The Letters from Hanigalbat in the Boğazköy Archives

P. 52–76.
Alexandrov B.

The article contains a comprehensive analysis of the letters from Mitanni / Hanigalbat found at the Hittite capital Hattusa / Boğazköy. The evidence of these documents allows to advance a new reconstruction of the dynastic history of Hanigalbat and its relations with Hatti and Assyria in the middle of the XIIIth century BCE. 

Language: English
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Keywords: Ancient Near East HistoryИстория древнего Ближнего ВостокаHittite kingdomХеттское царство

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Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Hittitology
Agade, 2014.
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