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Previously unknown language found hidden in "cultic ritual text" of ancient tablets
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unknown-language-ancient-tablets-turkey-hittites/
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A new language has been discovered in a UNESCO World Heritage Site being excavated in northern Turkey, according to a news release from the University of Würzburg.
The tablets have helped researchers understand the civilization’s history, society, economy, religious traditions and more, but this year’s excavations at the site “yielded a surprise,” the university said: Within a “cultic ritual text,” written in Hititte, there is a “recitation in a hitherto unknown language.”
“The Hittites were uniquely interested in recording rituals in foreign languages,” said Daniel Schwemer, chair of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the university, in the release.
It appears to refer to a language from an area once called Kalašma, on the northwestern edge of the Hittite civilization, where the Turkish towns of Bolu and Gerede currently exist.
The university said that these ritual texts were usually written by the scribes of Hittite rulers and reflect various Bronze Age traditions and languages.
The Bible was embedded in ancient Near Eastern society, and the earliest forms of what we call modern science are found in Babylon.
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