Aḫḫulla
Aḫḫulla was an ancient region of Anatolia located somewhere west of the upper Maraššantiya during the Middle Bronze Age. It is mentioned only in the Telepinu Proclamation.
Etymology
[edit]The etymology of Aḫḫulla is unknown. It may have been a Hittite formulaic theophoric name for the mountain-god Hulla.[1] The prefix aḫ is the construct state of the noun aḫum meaning "bank, shore, side or edge of a river."[2]
Geography
[edit]Ahhulla was located somewhere on the southern fringes of the land of Pala northeast of the Sakarya River.[3] The etymology suggests a town along a river[4] in the shadow of a mountain,[5] perhaps somewhere at the foot of the Köroğlu range.[6]
History
[edit]A text known as the Telepinu Proclamation describes upheavals in Hittite-controlled Anatolia during the reign of Ammuna circa 1550-1530 BC. Ahhulla is named as one of the lands that "rebelled":
"The land(s) became hostile towards him: the cities of [ ]-agga, [Ma'tila, Galmiya, (the land of) Adaniya, the land of Arzawiya, Salapa, Parduwata and Ahhulla. Wherever the troops went on campaign, however, they did not come back successfully."[3]
However, as Bryce attributes "the first major [Hittite] venture to the west" to have been during the reign of Tudḫaliya I/II a hundred years later,[7] the "hostility" of Ahhulla may have been nothing more than a cessation of tribute or trade[3] and a corresponding cattle raid.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Taracha, P. (2009). Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia. Germany: Harrassowitz.
- ^ A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian. (2000). Germany: Harrassowitz.
- ^ a b c Trameri, A. (2024). Kizzuwatna. History of Cilicia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1200 BC). Netherlands: Brill.
- ^ Loren, Jungen. (2017). "Moving through the landscape in Hittite texts." Hittite Landscape and Geography. Netherlands: Brill.
- ^ Rutherford, I. (2020). Hittite Texts and Greek Religion: Contact, Interaction, and Comparison. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford.
- ^ Landscapes and Landforms of Turkey. (2019). Germany: Springer International Publishing.
- ^ Bryce, Trevor. (1999). The Kingdom of the Hittites, p. 35-40, 54-55, 124-125. 136. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press. Google Books.
- ^ Bryce, Trevor R., (2018). "The Annals and Lost Golden Statue of the Hittite King Hattusili I", in Gephyra 16, November 2018, pp. 1-12.