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Anitta
Anitta, son of Pithana, was a king of Kussara, a city that has yet to be identified. He is the earliest known ruler to compose a text in the Hittite language.
His high official, or "rabi simmiltim", was named Peruwa.
Biography.
Anitta reigned in the 17th century BC (short chronology) and is the author of the "Anitta text" (CTH 1.A, edited in StBoT 18, 1974), the oldest known text in the Hittite language (and
Hittite capital of Hattusa. He then destroyed the city, sowed the ground with weeds, and laid a curse on the site.
Anitta's name appears on an inscription on a dagger found in Kültepe and also, together with the name of his father, on various Kültepe texts, as well as in later Hittite tradition.
See also.
- History of the Hittites
External links.
- The Anitta text
- The Hittite occupation of Anatolia
- Kültepe-dagger inscription
- Reign of Anitta