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. 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.