The Hittite military oath (CTH 427) is a Hittite text on two cuneiform tablets. The first tablet is only preserved in fragments (KBo XXI 10, KUB XL 13...
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Military oath, delivered on enlistment into the military service of the state military. The oath of Bhishma in Hindu culture. Hittite military oath,...
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dedicated to specific Hittite texts follow. More are to be found as sections of other articles. Anitta text Hittite military oath Hittite laws (CTH 291–292)...
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Hittite mythology and Hittite religion were the religious beliefs and practices of the Hittites, who created an empire centered in what is now Turkey...
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such allusions) or of being effeminate; for example, in the Hittite military oath, oath-breakers are threatened with being made into women (a promise...
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punishment especially for oath-breakers among the Proto-Indo-Europeans. This proposal builds on the Hittite military oath as well as various Vedic hymns...
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The Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty, also known as the Eternal Treaty or the Silver Treaty, is the only Ancient Near Eastern treaty for which the versions...
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tablet of Ammisaduqa 1500 BC: Akkadian Poor Man of Nippur 1500 BC: Hittite military oath 1500 BC – 1300 BC: Ugaritic Baal Cycle 1500 BC – 1200 BC: Ugaritic...
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rather than 'living species' in Indo-European traditions. In a Hittite military oath, the earth is said to drink the blood of the fallen ("This not wine...
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1870 BC). Later codes than Hammurabi's include the Code of the Nesilim. Hittite laws, the Assyrian laws, and Mosaic Law / Ten Commandments. (see Cuneiform...
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Kalašma (category Hittite Empire)
Schuler [de] had noted that a Hittite-language oath taken by officials from Kalašma represented a different dialect of Hittite from the oath of other regions' officials...
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Šuppiluliuma I (category Hittite kings)
(/-məs/) was an ancient Hittite king (r. c. 1350–1322 BC). Even before assuming the throne, Šuppiluliuma distinguished himself as a military commander protecting...
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Šarruma (category Hittite deities)
as attested in Hurro-Hittite sources, and Luwian Arma, as indicated by a dedication from Ordekburnu. In Hittite military oaths, he could be invoked after...
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Madduwatta (category Hittite Empire)
the Hittite text known as the Indictment of Madduwatta. Madduwatta is known solely from the Indictment of Madduwatta (CTH 147), a fragmentary Hittite text...
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Kurunta (category Articles containing Hittite-language text)
of cuneiform script. Kurunta (Hittite: 𒀭𒆗) was a Hittite prince, a younger son of the early 13th century BC Hittite great king Muwatalli II, brother...
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Mezulla (category Hittite deities)
Mezulla had only local importance and is not mentioned in the oath lists of Hittite interstate treaties. Mezulla was the daughter of the Sun goddess...
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Lelwani (category Hittite deities)
Lelwani or Leluwani was a Hittite deity of the underworld of Hattic origin. While originally regarded as male and addressed as a "king," due to influence...
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Šuppiluliuma II (category Hittite kings)
Hittite great king Tudḫaliya IV, Šuppiluliuma II succeeded his elder brother, Arnuwanda III, on the throne in c. 1207 BC. The new king exacted oaths of...
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Mitanni (category Articles containing Hittite-language text)
going to Hittite king Suppiluliuma and declaring vassalage in exchange for Hittite military assistance. This ploy succeeded as the Hittite forces carried...
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Suzerainty (section Hittite suzerainty treaty form)
1200 to 600 BC. The structure of Jewish covenant law was similar to the Hittite form of suzerain. Each treaty would typically begin with an "Identification"...
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Tudhaliya II (category Hittite kings)
mountainous areas of Ḫairyati and Zippašla by the Hittite monarch. Nevertheless, Madduwata broke his oaths to keep to his lands, and intervened far and wide...
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Arnuwanda I (category Hittite kings)
Arnuwanda also exacted oaths of loyalty from military commanders near the frontiers, both in the north and south. When the Hittite vassal at Paḫḫuwa, Mita...
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that despite the Hittites being a political rival to Idrimi, he adapted the Hittite-style royal seal along with Hittite-style oaths of loyalty he made...
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452-453. G. M. Beckman, Hittite Diplomatic Texts, Atlanta, 1999, p. 92. S. Parpola et K. Watanabe, Neo-Assyrian Treaties and Loyalty Oaths, Helsinki, 1988, p...
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Išḫara (category Hittite deities)
in Kanesh. As a guardian of oaths, Išḫara appears in a standard enumeration of deities in Hittite treaties. Military oaths were particularly closely associated...
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Qatna (section Post-Hittite destruction)
between the former and Egypt, until it was conquered and sacked by the Hittites in the late 14th century BC. Following its destruction, the city was reduced...
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Religion in ancient Rome (redirect from Religion in the Roman military)
Martius. In 295, Maximilian of Tebessa refused military service; in 298 Marcellus renounced his military oath. Both were executed for treason; both were Christians...
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Legal rights of women in history (section Hittite law)
husband took the Hittite throne. Of Hurrian origin, she was able to spread her culture as queen where it had an important effect on the Hittites. She also was...
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El (deity) (category Articles containing Hittite-language text)
speakers in Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia. Among the Hittites, El was known as Elkunirsa (Hittite: 𒂖𒆪𒉌𒅕𒊭 Elkunīrša). Although El gained different...
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