Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr.: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

Annotation A tribute to America's preeminent scholar of Hittite language and culture, Professor Harry A. Hoffner Jr., of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. The thirty-four contributors, students, and colleagues treat topics as diverse as Hittite contacts with the Mycenaean Greeks, the topography of the Hittite capital, and various aspects of Hittite grammar and etymology. A Complete Bibliography Of Harry A. Hoffner Jr., 1963-2003 / Compiled By Hripsime Haroutunian -- Middle Hittite : Middle Kingdom / Alfonso Archi -- The Predecessors Of Ḫattušili I / Richard H. Beal -- Gilgamesh In Ḫatti / Gary Beckman -- Relations Between Hatti And Ahhiyawa In The Last Decades Of The Bronze Age / Trevor Bryce -- On The Trail Of The Deer : Hittite Kūrala- / Billie Jean Collins -- Le Cariche D'oro / Franca Pecchioli Daddi -- Enkel Des Königs, Aber Kein Prinz! / Ali M. Dinçol And Belkis Dinçol -- De La Confrontation à L'entente Cordiale: Les Relations Assyro-hittites à La Fin De L'âge Du Bronze (ca. 1250/1180 Av. J.c.) / J. Freu -- The Upper Land, Mātum Elītum / O.r. Gurney -- Bull Jumping In A Hittite Text? / Hans G. Güterbock -- Betrachtungen Zur Traditionsgeschichte Hethitischer Rituale Am Beispiel Des Sündenbock-motivs / Volkert Haas -- Zur Sachlichen Zuständigkeit Des Königsgerichts (di.kud Lugal) In Der Hethitischen Rechtssatzung / Richard Haase -- The Hittite Ritual Against A Curse (cth 429) / Hripsime S. Haroutunian -- The Storm-god Seal Of Mursili Iii / J. D. Hawkins -- Studies In The Hittite Phraseological Construction I : Its Syntactic And Semantic Properties / Theo Van Den Hout -- A New Look At The Outline Tablets Of The An.taḪ.Šumsar Festival : The Text-copy Vs Nf 12.1 / Philo H. J. Houwink Ten Cate -- Why Did The Hittites Have A Thousand Deities? / Cem Karasu -- Zur Paläographie Akkadischsprachiger Texte Aus Ḫattuša / J. Klinger -- A Note On The Tale Of The Merchants / Silvin Košak -- More On The So-called Puḫanu Chronicle / Stefano De Martino And Fiorella Imparati -- Cultural Boundaries In Hittite Ritual / Gregory Mcmahon -- Hittite Antaka- Loins And An Overlooked Myth About Fire / H. Craig Melchert -- On Some Clauses In The Kurunta Treaty And The Political Scenery At The End Of The Hittite Empire / Clelia Mora -- Die Hurritischen Pronomina Der Hurritisch-hethitischen Bilingue Aus Ḫattuša / Erich Neu -- Hethitisch Utēzzi Nässe Und Indogermanisch *wed- / Norbert Oettinger -- Zur Topographie Von Ḫattuša: Tempel Auf Büyükkale / Maciej Popko -- Of Loons And Legumes / Jaan Puhvel -- Forcing Morals On Mesopotamian Society? / Jack M. Sasson -- The Great Scribe Taki-Šarruma / Itamar Singer -- A Practical Vocabulary From Ortaköy / Aygül Süel And Oğuz Soysal -- Is Tutḫaliya's Sword Really Aegean? / Piotr Taracha -- Word Play In Hittite Literature? / Ahmet Ünal -- Hittite Ku-ku-uš-zi, Kub 10.99 I 29 / Calvert Watkins -- König Silber Und König Ḫidam / Gernot Wilhelm. Edited By Gary Beckman, Richard Beal, And Gregory Mcmahon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xiii-xxiii) And Indexes. Front Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Chapter 1: Middle Hittite—“Middle Kingdom” 26 Chapter 2: The Predecessors of Ḫattušili I 38 Chapter 3: Gilgamesh in Ḫatti 62 Chapter 4: Relations between Hatti and Ahhiyawa in the Last Decades of the Bronze Age 84 Chapter 5: On the Trail of the Deer: Hittite kūrala- 98 Chapter 6: Enkel des Königs, aber kein Prinz! 118 Chapter 7: De la confrontation à l’entente cordiale: Les relations assyro-hittites à la fin de l’âge du Bronze (ca. 1250–1180 av. J.C.) 126 Chapter 8: The Upper Land, mātum elītum 144 Chapter 9: Bull Jumping in a Hittite Text? 152 Chapter 10: Betrachtungen zur Traditionsgeschichte hethitischer Rituale am Beispiel des “Sündenbock”-Motivs 156 Chapter 11: Zur sachlichen Zuständigkeit des Königsgerichts (DI.KUD LUGAL) in der hethitischen Rechtssatzung 168 Chapter 12: The Hittite Ritual against a Curse (CTH 429) 174 Chapter 13: The Storm-God Seal of Mursili III 194 Chapter 14: Studies in the Hittite Phraseological Construction I: Its Syntactic and Semantic Properties 202 Chapter 14: A New Look at the Outline Tablets of the AN.TAḪ.ŠUMSAR Festival: The Text-Copy VS NF 12.1 230 Chapter 15: Why Did the Hittites Have a Thousand Deities? 246 Chapter 16: Zur Paläographie akkadischsprachiger Texte aus Ḫattuša 262 Chapter 17: A Note on “The Tale of the Merchants” 274 Chapter 18: More on the So-Called “Puhanu Chronicle” 278 Chapter 19: Cultural Boundaries in Hittite Ritual 290 Chapter 20: Hittite antaka- “loins” and an Overlooked Myth about Fire 306 Chapter 21: On Some Clauses in the Kurunta Treaty and the Political Scenery at the End of the Hittite Empire 314 Chapter 22: Die hurritischen Pronomina der hurritischhethitischenBilingue aus Ḫattuša 322 Chapter 23: Hethitisch utezzi “Nässe” undindogermanisch *wed- 332 Chapter 24: Zur Topographie von Ḫattuša: Tempel auf Büyükkale 340 Chapter 25: Of Loons and Legumes 350 Chapter 26: Forcing Morals on Mesopotamian Society? 354 Chapter 27: The Great Scribe Taki-Šarruma 366 Chapter 28: A Practical Vocabulary from Ortaköy 374 Chapter 29: Is Tutḫaliya’s Sword Really Aegean? 392 Chapter 30: Word Play in Hittite Literature? 402 Chapter 31: Hittite ku-ku-uš-zi, KUB 10.99 i 29 414 Chapter 32: König Silber und König Ḫidam 418 Indexes 422 I. Lexemes 422 II. Hieroglyphic Luwian Signs 423 III. Hittite Grammar 423 IV. Proper Names 423 V. Topics 423 VI. Cuneiform Texts 424 VII. Authors 426 Pays a tribute to America's preeminent scholar of Hittite language and culture, Professor Harry A Hoffner, Jr, of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.