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| Ahhulla was located somewhere on the southern fringes of the ] northeast of the ].<ref name="Trameri">Trameri, A. (2024). Kizzuwatna. History of Cilicia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1200 BC). Netherlands: Brill.</ref> The etymology suggests a town along a river<ref>Loren, Jungen. (2017). "Moving through the landscape in Hittite texts." Hittite Landscape and Geography. Netherlands: Brill.</ref> in the shadow of a mountain,<ref>Rutherford, I. (2020). Hittite Texts and Greek Religion: Contact, Interaction, and Comparison. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford.</ref> perhaps somewhere at the foot of the ].<ref>Landscapes and Landforms of Turkey. (2019). Germany: Springer International Publishing.</ref> | Ahhulla was located somewhere on the southern fringes of the ] northeast of the ].<ref name="Trameri">Trameri, A. (2024). Kizzuwatna. History of Cilicia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1200 BC). Netherlands: Brill.</ref> The etymology suggests a town along a river<ref>Loren, Jungen. (2017). "Moving through the landscape in Hittite texts." Hittite Landscape and Geography. Netherlands: Brill.</ref> in the shadow of a mountain,<ref>Rutherford, I. (2020). Hittite Texts and Greek Religion: Contact, Interaction, and Comparison. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford.</ref> perhaps somewhere at the foot of the ].<ref>Landscapes and Landforms of Turkey. (2019). Germany: Springer International Publishing.</ref> | ||
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Bronze Age region of Anatolia
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
The etymology of Aḫḫulla is unknown. It may have been a Hittite formulaic theophoric name for the mountain-god Hulla. The prefix aḫ is the construct state of the noun aḫum meaning "bank, shore, side or edge of a river."
Geography
Ahhulla was located somewhere on the southern fringes of the land of Pala northeast of the Sakarya River. The etymology suggests a town along a river in the shadow of a mountain, perhaps somewhere at the foot of the Köroğlu range.
History
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."
However, as Bryce attributes "the first major venture to the west" to have been during the reign of Tudḫaliya I/II a hundred years later, the "hostility" of Ahhulla may have been nothing more than a cessation of tribute or trade.
See also
References
- Taracha, P. (2009). Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia. Germany: Harrassowitz.
- A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian. (2000). Germany: Harrassowitz.
- ^ 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.